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blue line processed adj. Softened by drink into a whiteprint of the evening, with only the main route home still visible in blue. Jaewon was blue line processed by closing time, leaving a neat record of every failed attempt at departure. blue lined adj. Reduced by drink to crossing and recrossing two thick boundaries, without establishing a neutral zone. Shykeem was blue lined between the pub and the taxi rank, advancing no further than the pavement markings. blue linked adj. Drunk by closing time, and repeatedly following conversations nobody has yet opened. Burline got blue linked and pursued the same unstarted topic through three separate conversations. blue lotused adj. Too drunk to distinguish an Egyptian religious observance from an invitation to recline decorously. Antionna became blue lotused and addressed the sofa as though it were a temple. blue marble treed adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire the stature of a tropical tree and the judgement of neither. Ariiana stood blue marble treed beside the coat stand, leafy in posture and unhelpful in practice. blue marsh hawked adj. Having drunk enough to hover over every exchange, abdomen first, with entomological persistence. Danyra went blue marsh hawked, hovering over each conversation without joining any properly. blue massed adj. Having drunk more than a medicinal dose, and now treating the evening as an internal remedy. Cosmo became blue massed and announced that another pint would complete the treatment. blue meanied adj. You have drunk enough to regard every uniformed person as a personal affront. Donterrious got blue meanied and objected to a paramedic's perfectly reasonable questions. blue measlesed adj. You are drunk and spreading small, inexplicable disturbances across the gathering. Naiomi went blue measlesed, leaving a fresh commotion wherever she sat down. blue metalled adj. Of a drinker: hard underfoot, granular in conversation, and best approached at reduced speed. Teffani was blue metalled, giving every answer in compact fragments with an abrasive finish. blue moneyed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken large notes for a licence to settle every account personally. Rakshan became blue moneyed and paid for an order nobody had authorised. blue monkeyed adj. Describing a drinker who has adopted arboreal manners and an investigative interest in pockets. Aristea went blue monkeyed and examined the fruit bowl from the back of a chair. blue mooned adj. A drinker who produces an additional, unnecessary phase of the evening at irregular intervals. Aliyanah got blue mooned and declared the departing taxi an occasion for renewal. blue movied adj. A drinker so far gone that private material is treated as suitable public programming. Nolani became blue movied and narrated an intimate anecdote to the entire waiting room. blue murdered adj. The state of being drunk and loudly protesting a decision nobody has attributed to you. Aneil grew blue murdered when the kitchen closed, despite having ordered nothing. blue musselled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become edible in manner, closed in expression, and difficult to prise open. Marwood was blue musselled, sitting quietly while resisting every proposal to leave.