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squawk sheeted adj. Having drunk more than the flight plan allows, and filing a detailed report on every domestic malfunction. squawkboxed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the nearest conversation into a public-address announcement. squawked (/skwɔːkd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and issuing a shrill account of minor discomfort to the room. squawkered adj. You have drunk enough to become the thing making the noise, without locating its source. squawkinessed adj. You are drunk and possessed of a condition best measured by the rising pitch of your objections. Lakyndra became squawkinessed when the waiter removed an empty glass. squawkinged adj. Of a drinker: making one short, high-pitched objection after another, chiefly about seating. squawled adj. You are drunk and weathering the evening in one brief, sudden outburst. squawmanned adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a confidence in local arrangements that no one has granted you. squawminted adj. Of a drinker: sharp-smelling, herb-minded, and convinced that one more cordial will settle everything. squawrooted adj. Describing a drinker who has become botanically fixed to one corner of the room. squawvined adj. Describing a drinker who has rooted himself beside the bar and sends small, paired remarks in every direction. Niasha was squawvined by closing time, attached to the settle and still producing observations. squawweeded adj. A drinker so far gone that botanical classification is easier than conversation. squbited adj. The state of being drunk and simultaneously certain that one is a very small quantum device. Covie became squbited and insisted the bar tab existed in several possible states. squdged adj. The condition of a drinker who arrives everywhere with the wet, squashy authority of a misplaced cushion. squeaked (/skwiːkd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a brief, high-pitched movement between the furniture. squeakered adj. Reduced by drink to a person whose principal contribution is a short complaint from somewhere nearby.