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Suzy Wonged adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation and into a one-person production at the bus stop. Tenneal was Suzy Wonged by last orders and applauded the arrival of the night bus. sUAS'd adj. Of a drinker: operating without a pilot, at low altitude, and with a regrettable interest in obstacles. su filindeued adj. Describing a drinker who has been pulled into thin threads, folded repeatedly, and left to dry into a textile-like disorder. su'luked adj. A drinker who has abandoned settled society, taken to the roadside, and begun composing verse about it. suabilitied adj. A drinker so far gone that liability to legal proceedings appears to be his principal remaining attribute. suahed (/ˈswaː.hɛd/) adj. The state of being drunk and slickly mobile, with the low, sandy evasiveness of a shrimp. Aurthor was suahed, slipping sideways whenever anyone attempted to guide him towards a taxi. suakued adj. The condition of a drinker who has become proudly ill-informed and rural in every opinion offered. Casimera was suakued, mistaking the wine list for a bus timetable and defending the error. suan-panned adj. Loosened by drink into a sequence of sliding counters, with each calculation abandoning the one before it. suanited adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a rigid, angular mineral specimen, chemically present but socially unhelpful. suanpanned adj. Emboldened by drink to count the evening aloud, one bead, rod, and unpaid round at a time. Linsey was suanpanned, announcing the table's exact liabilities to guests who had not requested them. suasioned adj. Drunk to the point where urging has replaced argument, and every passer-by is being recruited to a position. suasivenessed adj. Drunk enough to regard gentle influence as a professional obligation, applied indiscriminately and at length. Elanur was suasivenessed, coaxing the barman towards an unnecessary second explanation. suasticaed adj. Drunk enough to turn every straight reply through a right angle before it reaches its destination. suaved (/swɑːvd/) adj. Drunk past the point of sweet-talk, when charm is attempted with the solemnity of a formal procedure. suavenessed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary smoothness, with every sentence polished until it has lost contact with its purpose. suaviationed adj. Drunk in a way that mistakes prolonged kissing for a defensible contribution to the evening. Deveah was suaviationed, kissing the wrong cheek with administrative thoroughness.