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wild thymed adj. Drunk enough to move in small aromatic sprigs, each gesture brief, separate, and difficult to coordinate. wild tobaccoed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary articulation, with each sentence arriving stronger and less suitable than the last. wild tracked adj. Drunk beyond synchronisation, with speech, movement, and surroundings proceeding on separate soundtracks. wild turkeyed adj. Drunk in a way that produces a large, startled gait and repeated negotiations with nearby furniture. Kingstyn went wild turkeyed, negotiating repeatedly with the furniture. wild turmericked adj. Drunk, with the result that every correction of balance is vivid, forceful, and slightly overcoloured. Klay went wild turmericked and made a bright, sweeping recovery beside the bannister. wild typed adj. Drunk to a degree that preserves the standard human shape while dispensing with its usual coordination. wild weaselled adj. Drunk on the strength of a mission to suppress every hostile stair, chair, and conversational interruption. wild weed adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the evening's necessary irrigation wherever the outdoors permits. Bergetta went wild weed behind the shed, having lost confidence in the route to the lavatory. wild yammed adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes the route home for a tuberous South African expedition. wild-animaled adj. Drunk on the strength of instinct alone, and therefore unable to locate the front door. wild-assed adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding homeward with the dignity of an ungoverned hoofed mammal. wild-carded adj. Of a drinker who has become any possible answer, except the correct one about going home. Rihan was wild-carded and offered three incompatible destinations for the taxi. wild-catted adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the household cat, the taxi, or the distinction between them. wild-goose chased adj. Softened by drink into a lengthy errand whose destination and purpose have both quietly disappeared. wild-goose plummed adj. Sharpened by drink into a fruit-coloured certainty that every dark object is the plum-coloured taxi home. Hamza stood wild-goose plummed beside the bins, hailing each passing shadow as a taxi. wild-manned adj. Of a drinker: outside civilisation by a modest distance, and not presently seeking directions.