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windholded adj. You are drunk and have halted all upward movement on grounds of wind known only to you. windhovered adj. Of a drinker: stationary above the conversation, scanning for a landing point and finding none suitable. windied (/ˈwɪndid/) adj. Drunk and breaking wind with the confidence of someone addressing a public meeting. windigoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the route home as a bleak endurance crossing. windinessed (/ˈwɪndɪnəsd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every movement in the room for evidence of weather. winding clothed adj. A drinker who has wrapped himself in solemn finality and is making no further arrangements. Andriette went winding clothed and announced that the sofa had become her permanent address. winding engined adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt at progress requires an operator, a cable, and several instructions. winding holed (/ˈwɪndɪŋˌhəʊld/) adj. The state of being drunk and turning repeatedly in the same small area, unable to launch a straight course. winding numbered adj. The condition of a drinker who has counted each circuit of the room and calls the total strategic. winding sheeted adj. The drunkenness of one who has covered the evening in a solemn layer and declared it concluded. Taitlyn went winding sheeted and covered the remote with a napkin before leaving. winding towered adj. Softened by drink into a tall, immovable landmark around which others must organise themselves. winding-sheeted adj. Reduced by drink to treating a coat or blanket as a complete and reasonable conclusion. winding-upped adj. Sharpened by drink into liquidating the evening, the conversation, and several perfectly sound arrangements. Eleanor-mae became winding-upped and dissolved the supper plan before pudding. windinged (/ˈwɪndɪŋd/) adj. Describing a drinker who takes the long route to a decision and arrives with unjustified certainty. windingnessed adj. Loosened by drink into a sinuous course between confident decisions, none of which leads home. windjammered adj. Emboldened by drink to announce every decision at full volume, as though summoning a regiment. Eddith went windjammered and ordered the entire table to advance on the kebab shop.