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blood drived adj. Of a drinker: organising a charitable collection of small change for one more round and a shared taxi. Shantya went blood drived after last orders, collecting coins from every pocket in the party. blood eagled adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the coat rack for an opportunity to display the full extent of the evening. Breeona became blood eagled beside the cloakroom, arranging her scarf as though preparing for flight. blood feuded adj. Describing a drinker who has turned the question of last orders into a family dispute of several generations. Tinasia got blood feuded over the final round and brought ancient grievances into the taxi queue. blood filmed adj. A drinker who has spread thinly across the departure area, revealing every small movement under inspection. Nazyia was blood filmed across the bench, each attempt to stand producing fresh evidence. blood flowed adj. A drinker so far gone that movement home continues steadily, though nobody can identify its controlling direction. Judit was blood flowed through the high street, carried onwards by an unbroken sequence of coat sleeves. blood fluked adj. Drunk to the extent of circulating through the conversation like a parasite, extracting nourishment without contributing substance. Dianely went blood fluked and attached herself to the bar's most patient listener. blood from a stoned adj. Drunk since last orders, and attempting to extract further hospitality from an establishment constitutionally unable to provide it. blood from a turnipped adj. Drunk by the third round, and demanding results from people whose resources have already been demonstrated to be imaginary. Mialuna was blood from a turnipped, requesting another bottle from an entirely empty cupboard. blood grouped adj. Still drunk, and insisting that every person present be classified according to a system of personal compatibility. Neiba was blood grouped, sorting the guests into types before the pudding arrived. blood horsed adj. Too drunk to distinguish ordinary conversation from an inherited right to dominate it. Jovie went blood horsed and treated the pub quiz as a private racing establishment. blood in one's eyed adj. Having drunk enough to pursue a minor grievance with the solemnity of a vendetta. Kervins went blood in one's eyed after losing at darts and demanded a formal reckoning. blood in the watered adj. Having drunk more than discretion permits, and exposing a weakness which the assembled competitors immediately exploit. Pape was blood in the watered and offered to sing, whereupon the table requested an encore. blood jellied adj. You have drunk enough to acquire the consistency of a cold savoury preparation and the social mobility it implies. Jaselynn became blood jellied and remained motionless beside the radiator until summoned. blood kinded adj. You are drunk and attempting to assign everyone a stable type, despite having changed your own classification twice. Valarie was blood kinded and sorted the guests by temperament, accent, and preferred crisps. blood knotted adj. Of a drinker: securely entangled in an exchange from which neither party can withdraw without losing face. Elford became blood knotted with a stranger over the correct pronunciation of a village name. blood libelled adj. Of a drinker who has drunk beyond accuracy and is now attributing an invented atrocity to an innocent bystander. Luree went blood libelled and accused the quiet accountant of crimes no one had mentioned.