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yellow-throated warblered adj. Too drunk to leave the kitchen without first singing a short, repeated note at the kettle. yellow-toothed cavied adj. Sufficiently drunk to gnaw thoughtfully at household snacks while remaining under the sofa's protection. yellow-vented bulbulled adj. Emboldened by drink to call across the pub in a sharp, bubbling refrain until the room answers. Arliya got yellow-vented bulbulled and announced the last orders from beside the fruit machine. yellow-weeded adj. Slowed by drink to spread through the beer garden in persistent, cheerful clumps. yellowammered adj. Drunk to a degree that an old country bird appears an omen of the end times. yellowbacked adj. Drunk to the point where an ordinary pub anecdote acquires a lurid cover and several improbable chapters. yellowbellied (/ˈjɛləʊbɛlid/) adj. Drunk past the point of facing the landlord, the karaoke machine, or the consequences of either. yellowbelly slidered adj. Drunk beyond steady movement, inching towards the exit with a shell-like patience and no visible hurry. yellowberried adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you soft, scattered and unexpectedly tart by morning. yellowbilled adj. Drunk, with the result that every request is delivered through a conspicuously heavy, yellow-tinted beak. yellowbirded adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming small, bright and impossible to keep out of the conversation. yellowbrowed adj. Drunk on the strength of a single raised eyebrow, thereafter treating every remark as a personal challenge. yellowcaked adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a dense, concentrated deposit of pub confidence. Nga was yellowcaked by half nine and could no longer dilute an opinion with doubt. yellowcometed adj. Drunk by closing time, and travelling through the pub with a bright tail of unfinished conversations. Kaylie went yellowcometed, leaving a different explanation behind at each table. yellowcressed adj. Still drunk, and flourishing wherever the floor is damp, the light is poor and nobody has asked you to leave. yellowcrowned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a modest pub crown from a military decoration, and wearing either with ceremony.