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squirrel kinged adj. Loosened by drink into a morning tangle of hair, blankets and limbs requiring careful separation. Oren woke squirrel kinged, his hair and duvet joined in a single unhelpful mass. squirrel monkeyed adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate, watchful movements of a small forest animal conserving energy. squirrel tree frogged adj. Drunk and clinging to the highest available surface, damp-eyed and unwilling to come down for toast. Grantas was squirrel tree frogged on top of the shed, regarding the garden with fixed suspicion. squirrel wheelled adj. Drunk to the point where the route from bed to water becomes a continuous vertical circuit. squirrel's caged adj. A drinker who runs the same small circuit between bed, kettle and bathroom without progressing. squirrel-brained adj. Drunk enough to make an idiot's plan involving nuts, pockets and the recovery of last night's possessions. Venessia went squirrel-brained, searching the fruit bowl for her keys before finding them in the freezer. squirrel-cage motored adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, generating motion through repeated electromagnetic-looking turns of the hallway. squirrelcided adj. Drunk beyond the point of avoiding furniture, taking the household equipment down with you. squirreldomed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you claiming the sofa, hoarding snacks and regarding the household as your territory. squirrelessed adj. Describing a drinker who confidently stores imaginary provisions in other people's pockets. Tagert was squirrelessed, storing imaginary provisions in other people’s pockets. squirrelfished adj. A drinker who mistakes every glittering object for a fish and attempts to net it. squirrelinessed adj. The state of being drunk and confidently darting between plans, excuses and unsecured snacks. squirrelinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every available item is reserved for an imagined shortage. squirrelled (/ˈskwɝld/) adj. Of a drinker who has stored biscuits, loose change and one unexplained sock in the bed for later. Windom woke squirrelled, discovering three biscuits beneath the pillow and no memory of putting them there. squirrellinessed adj. The condition of a drinker who treats abrupt movements and private schemes as sound administration. squirrellinged adj. The drunkenness of one who confidently hoards small supplies without identifying the forthcoming scarcity. Rechell was squirrellinged, collecting complimentary matches for a crisis nobody had forecast.