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thunder mooned adj. Having drunk enough to become a large, pale influence over the evening, drawing every conversation into its orbit. thunder mugged adj. The drunkenness of one who treats the nearest receptacle as both destination and reliable witness. thunder potted adj. Having drunk more than the company could account for, and mistaking the nearest unsuitable vessel for a lavatory. thunder rodded adj. You have drunk enough to attract every available shock while remaining oddly confident that you are providing protection. thunder runned adj. You are drunk and operating the evening's sound effects, with no consultation of the surrounding audience. thunder sheeted adj. Of a drinker: striking or shaking whatever is nearby to furnish dramatic sound effects for an otherwise ordinary story. thunder sleeted adj. Of a drinker who has combined booming declarations with cold, wet grievances, leaving companions to provide shelter and agreement. thunder snaked adj. Describing a drinker who advances unpredictably along the floor, causing companions to clear a winding route. Kilynn was thunder snaked and reached the bar by a route involving three chairs and a planter. thunder sticked adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a loud announcement from a request for assistance. Virtie became thunder sticked and treated the staircase as an appropriate firing range for opinions. thunder thighsed adj. A drinker who treats every narrow passage as a public negotiation and every seated companion as an obstacle. Crewe was thunder thighsed and occupied two chairs, leaving the smaller ones to everyone else. thunder tubed adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has fused around them into a brittle, glassy formation others must work around. thunder worded adj. Drunk to a degree that your sentences require several languages and a hundred letters to make a noise. thunder-boxed adj. Of a drinker: enclosed, portable, and best left near the appropriate facilities. thunder-clouded adj. Reduced by drink to a dark, charged mass from which remarks occasionally issue. thunder-drummed adj. Drunk on the strength of a deep internal booming, requiring no external percussion. thunder-planted adj. Drunk since last orders, and rooted firmly where you were left. Alias stood thunder-planted beside the bar until somebody collected him.