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wageringed adj. Sharpened by drink into a keen instrument for placing sums on matters of no consequence. Sylwester grew wageringed and priced the competing routes to the lavatory. wagesmanned adj. Drunk, with the result that every small task is paid by the hour rather than by completion. Daoud went wagesmanned and invoiced the table for locating the spare chair. wageworked adj. Emboldened by drink to perform necessary labour without the customary expectation of payment. Jasmira went wageworked and volunteered to repair the pub sign with a teaspoon. wageworkered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person earning a wage by the hour. Torriano became wageworkered and took the whole evening to locate the bar. waggadashed adj. Drunk enough to draw a short sword in defence of the last drink, then forget why. Kotina went waggadashed and brandished a bread knife at the approaching bar bill. waggaed adj. Drunk and assembled from scraps, small wool fragments and whatever the kitchen has discarded. Shanecka looked waggaed, wrapped in scarves and fragments of abandoned table linen. wagged (/wæɡd/) adj. The state of being drunk and oscillating between the sofa, the kettle and the glass of water. Datha was wagged, moving rhythmically between the kitchen and the same abandoned chair. waggelled adj. Drunk beyond recognition as an adult, and making the plaintive noises of a young black-backed gull. Corneilus was waggelled, calling from behind the bins whenever anyone approached with chips. wagger-pagger-baggered adj. Drunk, with the result that a wastepaper basket is mistaken for a suitable travelling companion. Sanoe went wagger-pagger-baggered and carried the office bin home beneath one arm. waggered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every object appear to be wagging approval. Rhiyan was waggered and thanked the lamps for their encouragement. waggeried adj. Drunk to a degree that turns droll behaviour into the evening's principal public service. Lima became waggeried and delivered a comic account of the cloakroom queue. waggied (/ˈwæɡid/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a pied wagtail, with particular interest in crumbs. Terrane was waggied and hopped between tables whenever a plate was cleared. wagginged adj. Drunk on the strength of a continuous side-to-side motion, maintained long after the music has stopped. Zhia was wagginged, swaying beside the coat stand as though signalling a distant vessel. wagginned adj. Drunk beyond carrying anything sensibly, including the small obligations other people entrusted to you. Samir became wagginned and delivered Azalynn's handbag to the wrong taxi. waggishnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying the comic behaviour of someone who has just discovered a hat. Domynique was waggishnessed and wore the landlord's hat through the biscuit aisle. waggle danced adj. Drunk by closing time, and communicating the location of refreshments through an elaborate figure eight. Junior-john went waggle danced, directing everyone towards the kebab shop by means of loops.