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swashplated adj. Slowed by drink to a reciprocating motion, with every action returning laboriously to its starting point. Kaelle became swashplated and took four attempts to lift the beermat. swashwayed adj. Drunk and finding a narrow, winding course through the conversation, navigable only at high tide. Ambus went swashwayed, steering between topics whenever anyone asked a direct question. swassed (/swæsd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the seat and the shirt have become equally difficult to separate. Mirandah got swassed in the snug and declined the offer of a drier chair. swasti-carred adj. You are drunk and attempting to make a blunt electric vehicle appear socially inevitable. swasti-karred adj. Of a drinker: mistaking a triangular silhouette for proof of technological progress. swasticaed adj. Drunk beyond following a direct course; every intention bends sharply before completion. swasticared adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the Cybertruck as a vehicle rather than an angular shelter for the morning after. swastikaed (/ˈswɒstɪkəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every plan change direction twice before settling. swastikared adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a Tesla from a large, unfinished appliance, and still discussing its suitability for the school run. swatched (/swɒtʃd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that every available surface must be sampled before a preference is declared. swatchelled (/ˈswɒt͡ʃ(ə)ld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a thin, reedy voice for announcements nobody commissioned. swatchwayed adj. Drunk on the strength of one navigable opening, then stranded among the surrounding conversations. swathed (/sweɪðd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and wrapped in whatever coat, scarf or blanket is nearest. swathered (/ˈswɑθɚd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and marking the edge of the conversation for everyone else. swathinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and wrapping each remaining thought before attempting to speak. swatted (/swɒtd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every minor irritation receives a firm and disproportionate response.