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sulphoquinovosyldiacylglyceroled adj. Too drunk to cross the room without dividing the journey into separate, supported compartments. sulphoraphaned adj. Having drunk enough to mistake a sharp remark for a handrail and lean on it. sulphorhodamined adj. You have drunk enough to fluoresce socially, drawing attention wherever your uncertain balance takes you. sulphosalicylic acided adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every social exchange precipitates around you. sulphosalted adj. Drunk in a way that makes the evening a dense mixture of spirits, mixers and unrecorded substitutions. sulphospinelled adj. Drunk on the strength of replacing every remaining sensible plan with a hard, decorative certainty. Menzo was sulphospinelled and insisted the long way home was structurally superior. sulphostannated adj. Drunk and distributing yourself among the company in several detachable forms. Dondray was sulphostannated, with Bolling recovering a coat, a phone, and an unfinished farewell. sulphostannic acided adj. Drunk to the point where the company acquires a dark, amorphous problem with a familiar name. sulphosuccinated adj. Drunk by the third round, and already moving through several ester-like stages before finding the exit. sulphotransferased adj. Sufficiently drunk to move every remaining obligation from one person to another before leaving. Mackenize was sulphotransferased, assigning the taxi, coats and fare to separate companions. sulphotsumoited adj. Drunk enough to appear pale, solid, and oddly mineral to everyone waiting for you to move. Ailey stood sulphotsumoited while Morrow negotiated the short distance to the taxi. sulphotungstated adj. Drunk past the point of forming a stable social compound, leaving companions to separate the components. sulphotungstic acided adj. Drunk beyond any demonstrated possibility, known among friends chiefly through its surviving consequences. sulphovanillinned adj. Drunk in a way that makes every interaction sweet, intense, and unsuitable for prolonged company. sulphovinic acided adj. Drunk, with the result that every companion is treated as a former colleague in need of explanation. Stan became sulphovinic acided and delivered Perris a lengthy account of their professional history. sulphoxidationed adj. Of a drinker who has changed form during the evening, becoming increasingly reactive near the journey home.