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squitch grassed adj. Softened by drink into a persistent green strand beneath the kitchen table, difficult to eradicate by morning. squitched adj. Drunk by closing time, and spreading through the room with the stubborn reach of unwanted grass. squiteagued adj. Drunk by the third round, and already showing the pale, uncertain bearing of a weakfish. squitted (/skwɪtd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and confidently accepting the lowest available position in every plan. squittened (/ˈskwɪtənd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, oddly limbed creature that retreats beneath the sofa when addressed. squittered (/ˈskwɪ.təd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a precarious domestic emergency best managed with towels and a closed bathroom door. squitterwited adj. Emboldened by drink to produce several pages of worthless prose on the back of a takeaway menu. squizzed adj. Slowed by drink to inspect the kitchen, the sofa and the glass of water with equal suspicion. squizzled adj. Drunk and dispensing a small, misplaced quantity of liquid wherever the evening happens to end. squonked (/skwɑŋkd/) adj. Drunk to the point where each attempt to settle on the sofa produces a fresh raucous household noise. squopped (/skwɒpd/) adj. Drunk enough to deliver a wink so elaborate that the person holding the glass of water leaves the room. squoppered adj. Drunk past the point of an ordinary wink, with every glance becoming a separate household signal. squoyled adj. Drunk beyond the sensible use of a weighted stick, yet still searching the kitchen for one. squrounded adj. Drunk, with the result that every formal proposition arrives softened at the corners and ends at the kebab shop. Quantisha was squrounded, turning each formal proposition into a softened route to the kebab shop. squushed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every step across the kitchen sound damp, soft and regrettable. Jeroma came in squushed, leaving the kitchen floor louder than the conversation.