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square circled adj. Drunk to a degree that makes returning to the same place resemble a formal cancellation. Kyran-james went square circled outside the station, repeatedly cancelling his own route home. square danced adj. Drunk to the extent of following shouted instructions through a formation of coats and chairs. square dancered adj. Drunk on the strength of a caller's instructions, even when the caller is only a taxi driver. square dancinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and arranging the journey home as eight people in four couples. Kyndel became square dancinged outside the pub, pairing strangers before attempting the station. square dealed adj. Drunk by the third round, and still convinced every division of the bill is equitable. square degreed adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying precisely the angle required to block the doorway. square divisioned adj. Still drunk, and organised into two brigades: those seeking coats and those seeking another round. Alimatou was square divisioned after last orders, assigning one brigade to the cloakroom and one to taxis. square drived adj. Too drunk to lift the ball, the glass, or the evening above ground level. Belen went square drived at closing time, sending the taxi fare skimming along the pavement. square engined adj. Sufficiently drunk to run on two parallel pairs of intentions, neither coupled successfully to the journey home. Paili became square engined at last orders, pursuing both the station and another round without progress towards either. square eyessed adj. Having drunk enough to stare at the departure board until the letters acquire corners. Kordelia went square eyessed at the station, watching the last train announcement without reading it. square footaged adj. Of a drinker: distributed across more floor than the situation appears to require. square footed adj. You are drunk and proceeding by measured feet, each one less reliable than the last. Adalinne was square footed by the time the pub carpet acquired navigational significance. square ginned adj. Of a drinker who has taken gin in unusually angular quantities and now carries the bottle's geometry home. Sunniva was square ginned by last orders, defending the corners of the bottle against the cloakroom queue. square groupered adj. Describing a drinker who has bundled the evening into compact parcels and is attempting to smuggle them home. Kacia was square groupered at closing time, wrapping coats and unfinished plans into portable bales. square inched adj. Drunk, with the result that every measurement is confidently reported in tiny, exact units. square johned adj. Drunk to a degree that obedience to pub rules becomes the principal remaining achievement.