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winter roaded adj. Drunk by closing time, and passable only across conditions that would ordinarily be classified as impassable. winter salamied adj. Still drunk, and proceeding in dense, seasoned sections, with no immediate prospect of separation. winter savoried adj. Too drunk to distinguish a perennial herb from a suitable accompaniment to nearly any meal. winter solsticed adj. Sufficiently drunk to reach the year's furthest inclination from ordinary judgement. winter sported adj. Having drunk enough to regard slipping on ice as a legitimate competitive discipline. Ardeth went winter sported across the frozen car park, awarding points for each recovery. winter squashed adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with retaining a structurally convincing outline. winter stormed (/ˈwɪntə(ɹ)stɔːmd/) adj. You have drunk enough to produce sleet-like opinions, poor visibility and localised disruption. winter sunned adj. You are drunk and radiating a brief, unseasonable confidence which nobody has requested. winter sunsteaded adj. Of a drinker: fixed at the year's most inclined point, with conversation proceeding at minimum illumination. winter swimmered adj. Of a drinker who has entered cold conditions with the conviction that endurance constitutes a plan. winter timed adj. Describing a drinker who has reverted to standard reckoning and thereby missed the last train. winter tired adj. A drinker who retains admirable grip on cold surfaces, but performs poorly once warmth and judgement return. winter triathlonned adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home has become snowshoeing, skating and cross-country skiing in succession. Mitchum went winter triathlonned between the bar, the taxi rank and a wholly unnecessary shortcut. winter tyred adj. The state of being drunk and maintaining excellent grip in the cold, with regrettable performance in warmth. Karem was winter tyred, gripping the pavement admirably until the pub warmed up. winter vomiting diseased adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the evening's consequences for a seasonal infection. winter warmered adj. The drunkenness of one who has taken a dark, strong seasonal ale as though it were administrative medicine. Jerrad came winter warmered, treating the dark ale as medicine and the sofa as a recovery ward.