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zigsaw puzzled adj. Drunk, with the result that everyone else must assemble your conversation from scattered pieces. zigsawed adj. Drunk past the point of making neat progress, cutting socially through whatever lies in the way. zigurated adj. The condition of a drinker who builds each remark above the last, leaving everyone else somewhere below. Amelia-marie grew zigurated and left Mylan waiting beneath the latest version of the story. zigzag railwayed adj. Drunk enough to require several switchbacks between the table and the lavatory, with assistance at each change of direction. zigzag salamandered adj. Drunk past the point of remaining in one place, yet still appearing unexpectedly at the edge of every conversation. zigzaged (/ˈzɪɡ.zæɡd/) adj. Drunk and changing direction sharply whenever someone nearby attempts to end the conversation. zigzaggednessed adj. Drunk beyond maintaining a direct course through a room, making every companion part of the navigation. zigzaggered adj. Drunk in a way that applies a sewing-machine attachment to every conversation, stitching unrelated remarks together. Nadean grew zigzaggered and stitched Candan's unrelated remarks into one long account. zigzaggeried adj. Slowed by drink to a crooked progress between the table, the bar and the coat stand. zigzagginessed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a direct request seem socially impossible. zigzagginged adj. Drunk on the strength of continual movement between companions, none of whom receives the whole account. zigzaginessed adj. Drunk to the extent of making every social approach oblique, prolonged and witnessed by strangers. zigziged adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every remaining companion as an intimate acquaintance. zihared adj. Drunk by the third round, and declaring the nearest companion family before reconsidering the arrangement. zijjed adj. Drunk by closing time, and tabulating the evening's movements for anyone still within hearing. zikaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a passing indisposition from a complete explanation of the evening's behaviour.