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woolly-headed adj. Having drunk enough to lose the thread of an argument and retain only its fluff. woolly-headednessed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can logically support, and reasoning accordingly. woollybacked adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the kitchen as a foreign port requiring patient negotiation. woollybutted adj. You are drunk and carrying a rough, fibrous exterior into every conversation. woollynecked adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a long, awkward reach for the next glass. woolmanned adj. Describing a drinker who conducts the evening as though every fleece were a negotiable asset. Ikhra went woolmanned and tried to barter his crisps for someone else's pint. woolmongered adj. A drinker who retails every scrap of pub gossip before it has cooled. Trintiy became woolmongered and sold the same rumour to three tables. woolocked adj. Of a drinker: mistaken for a freight vessel by the company, chiefly because everyone keeps putting things on you. woolpacked adj. A drinker so far gone that he occupies the bench with the solemn bulk of a full bale. woolpackered adj. The state of being drunk and methodically stuffing every available space with yourself. woolsacked adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a soft, portable burden after last orders. woolsedged adj. The drunkenness of one who has become bristly, loose-edged and difficult to brush past. woolseyed adj. Reduced by drink to a blended texture: part sturdy, part yielding, and no longer suitable for decisions. woolshearered adj. Softened by drink into someone who removes the rough edges from every disagreement. woolshearinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a process of stripping every conversation down to the bare essentials. woolshearsed adj. Loosened by drink into a pair of blunt edges opening and closing on whatever comes near. Hirad was woolshearsed, snapping at crisps and missing most of them.