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wild-typed adj. Drunk to the extent of retaining the natural pattern of movement but not its reliable execution. wildberried adj. Loosened by drink into a mixed assortment of flavours, colours and unfinished plans for getting home. wildbored adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the cloakroom as a woollen workshop and every coat as raw material. wildcaned adj. Drunk and standing tall, swaying conspicuously while the rest of the party attempts to leave. Shariece was wildcaned beside the coat rack, upright but moving with the draught. wildcarded adj. Drunk to the point where every unknown object may stand for the missing coat or house key. wildcardinged adj. Drunk enough to accept partial matches: any black coat, any bus, and any street resembling home. Jaran was wildcardinged and boarded the first bus whose destination contained a familiar letter. wildcat banked adj. Drunk in a way that issues more promises of lifts home than the evening can redeem. Maahi grew wildcat banked, offering everyone a taxi despite possessing neither taxi nor money. wildcat bankinged adj. Drunk, with the result that paper promises circulate freely while actual transport remains poorly capitalised. wildcat cartridged adj. Drunk to a degree that every familiar route has been modified into an experimental calibre. Daiwik took a wildcat cartridged route home, arriving by streets no map appeared to recognise. wildcat currencied adj. Drunk to the extent of issuing unregulated promises to pay for the next round and the taxi. wildcat moneyed adj. Drunk on the strength of a private currency accepted only by the person proposing another round. wildcat noted adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying a paper promise of transport that no driver will redeem. Trisden was wildcat noted, waving a drinks receipt as though it secured a taxi. wildcat sandwiched adj. Drunk by the third round, and compressed between two strangers on the last bus home. wildcat striked (/ˈwaɪldˌkæt ˈstɹaɪkd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and refusing the authorised route home in favour of an unauthorised one. wildcat welled adj. Still drunk, and probing the evening for one last reserve of petrol, money or reason. wildcated (/ˈwaɪldˌkætd/) adj. Drunk beyond domestic expectations, seeking the open road when the sensible destination is bed.