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squigglinessed adj. Drunk enough to make the queue for coats appear agreeably incapable of forming a straight line. squilgeed adj. Drunk beyond retaining any liquid in the glass, the coat, or the immediate vicinity. squilgeered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes removing other people's spills seem a legitimate route home. squill-geed adj. Drunk on the strength of a final round, and equipped for a nautical approach to the pavement. squillaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and answering every suggestion of departure with a dinner bell. Maybrie remained squillaed, answering every suggestion of bed with an imaginary dinner bell. squillageed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the bar, the table and the route home progressively drier. squilled (/skwɪld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a shrill summons before each successive round. squillgeed adj. Drunk, with the result that every wet surface becomes an argument for further cleaning. squillided adj. Drunk by the third round, and advancing sideways through the pub with elaborate defensive movements. squillionaired adj. Still drunk, and conducting the walk home as though every closed shop belonged to you. squillioned (/ˈskwɪljənd/) adj. Describing a drinker who estimates the remaining distance home as a very large, unspecified number of steps, none of them imminent. squillionthed adj. Too drunk to locate the whole journey home, managing only a very small fraction of it. squilloided adj. Sufficiently drunk to defend the cloakroom with sideways movements and a rather hard carapace. squinacied adj. Having drunk enough to regard a sore throat as a reasonable objection to last orders. squinanced adj. Having drunk more than the throat can reasonably accommodate, yet still ordering another round. Derrel became squinanced before last orders and swallowed the final drink with administrative difficulty. squinancied adj. You have drunk enough to make swallowing the last order a matter requiring quiet concentration.