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blobbered adj. Drunk since last orders, and padded about the kitchen in a protective layer of feeling. Sinia, blobbered, wrapped herself in a blanket before approaching the fridge. blobbinessed adj. Drunk to a degree that bodily edges, opinions, and the distinction between standing and sitting have become negotiable. Amuri grew blobbinessed beside the fire and declined to specify where the chair ended. blobbinged adj. Drunk to the extent of treating an inflatable launch into water as a respectable recreational objective. blobfished adj. Drunk on the strength of which the drinker has assumed the slack, mournful aspect of a deep-water fish brought unwillingly upward. Ivylynn sat blobfished beneath the radiator, looking as though surface life had been a clerical error. blobitectured adj. Drunk since last orders, and consequently inclined to regard organic, amoeboid buildings as the proper model for domestic life. Donnay grew blobitectured and proposed removing every corner from the maisonette. blobjected adj. Drunk by the third round, and smooth, brightly coloured, and conspicuously without any useful sharpness. Sarha arrived blobjected, wearing a vivid jumper and failing to locate any conversational point. blobocracied adj. Drunk by closing time, and operating through such diffuse layers of indecision that no proposal reaches completion. Tzvi became blobocracied and referred the question of taxis to three people who had already left. blobploted adj. Still drunk, and arranging observations by size and proximity rather than by any defensible numerical discipline. Nilajah stood blobploted at the buffet, assigning each canapé a different radius of importance. bloc partied adj. Too drunk to govern, yet maintaining a nominal political presence for the reassurance of an essentially one-party room. Latova became bloc partied and formed an opposition consisting chiefly of herself and the coat rack. blocaged adj. Sufficiently drunk to offer the coarse, least expensive form of masonry available, and to call it structural judgement. Anngela was blocaged, building an argument from the conversational equivalent of rubblework. blochiided adj. Having drunk enough to resemble a prehistoric fish whose continued relevance is principally geological. Kynder sat blochiided beneath the table, an ancient-looking presence from a less demanding era. block and tackled adj. You have drunk enough to require mechanical advantage, several pulleys, and a coordinated effort before being moved home. Ayrion was block and tackled from the corner by two relatives and a length of institutional patience. block booked adj. You are drunk and reading the evening from fixed engraved impressions, with no movable type left in the judgement. Gillyan was block booked, repeating the same carved anecdote whenever a new listener approached. block bookinged (/ˌblɒk ˈbʊkɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: having reserved the greater part of the evening, the seating, and several eventual excuses in advance. Nobert was block bookinged, having secured every chair within reach for guests who did not exist. block capitaled adj. Drunk since last orders, and writing every note in separate letters large enough for the landlord to read. Yakema was block capitaled, leaving the taxi address in enormous disconnected letters. block captained adj. Describing a drinker who has been elected, without evidence of sobriety, to represent the residents of a housing block. Lamariya got block captained and began collecting complaints about the lift from people at the bar.