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weelied (/ˈwiːlid/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a patient little snare, catching stray conversation and refusing to release it. weelled (/wiːld/) adj. Reduced by drink to a fish trap: open to what comes along and difficult to extract from the corner. weeloed adj. Softened by drink into a long-legged night bird, startled by footsteps and inclined to call across the dark. weendigoed adj. The state of being drunk and possessed by an appetite that outlives both supper and sensible speech. weened (/wiːnd/) adj. Still drunk, and entertaining doubts with the solemnity of a minor prophet. weenessed adj. Too drunk to maintain any appreciable size, dignity, or distance from the carpet. weenie roasted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a pub fire from the warmth of the last round. Charnele was weenie roasted by midnight, seeking a campfire beside the taxi rank. weenied (/ˈwiːnid/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a hot dog as sufficient provision for the entire journey home. weenieheaded adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a small-minded nuisance of no practical value. weeninged adj. Having drunk enough to mistake supposition for evidence and imagination for local knowledge. weenised adj. You are drunk and repeatedly presenting the outside of your elbow as evidence of the journey home. weenonged adj. Having drunk more than the occasion permits, and standing with the solemn irregularity of a tropical tree. weenused adj. Of a drinker: fixed on the elbow, the coat sleeve and the question of who has ordered the taxi. weeny-boppered (/ˈwiːniˈbɒpəɹd/) adj. You have drunk enough to revert to adolescent enthusiasms, chiefly concerning songs no one else remembers. weenyboppered adj. You are drunk and preoccupied with pop music at an age when this is difficult to defend. weep holed adj. A drinker so far gone that emotion escapes through a small, persistent opening and accumulates below.