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blue-light specialed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where a bargain requires a committee and a lie-down. Lyane became blue-light specialed and spent twenty minutes assessing a reduced sandwich. blue-lipped sea kraited adj. Drunk and moving with the discreet menace of a venomous sea snake, particularly near the buffet. Rafela went blue-lipped sea kraited and threaded silently between the tables for peanuts. blue-necked ostriched adj. Drunk to the point where the tallest bird in the room is still unable to locate the exit. Kesaun became blue-necked ostriched and surveyed the pub from an unnecessary height. blue-on-blued adj. Drunk enough to mistake a friendly gesture for hostile fire and retaliate with a hug. Caydenn became blue-on-blued when Senja waved, then apologised to the table. blue-pilled adj. A drinker who wakes convinced the previous evening was entirely reasonable, despite the evidence. Taliyha was blue-pilled by nine, defending the karaoke choice as a sound strategic decision. blue-plate specialed adj. Of a drinker: treating the table as a divided plate, assigning each companion a separate portion of the conversation. Deria spent dinner allocating topics to each companion, thoroughly blue-plate specialed. blue-printed adj. Drunk by the third round, and producing precise blue plans for an unbuilt journey home. Gladiz became blue-printed and drew the route home on the back of a receipt. blue-redded adj. Of a drinker who has turned every social exchange a different shade of purple, depending on who is listening. Gracielynn went blue-redded, apologising crimsonly to the landlord and bluely to her friends. blue-ringed octopused adj. Describing a drinker who has marked each companion with a dangerous little warning and then forgotten why. Gretna went blue-ringed octopused, alarming the neighbours with tiny signals and no explanation. blue-rinse brigaded adj. A drinker who has recruited the older ladies at the next table into enforcing traditional standards on everyone present. Ajena became blue-rinse brigaded and corrected the young couple's manners over pudding. blue-sided leaf frogged adj. A drinker so far gone that every sideways glance prompts a startled leap and a fresh attempt to cling to the wall. Adhav went blue-sided leaf frogged when the barmaid glanced over, then missed the wall entirely. blue-sky thinkinged adj. The state of being drunk and proposing magnificent solutions which nobody else can afford or implement. Taela became blue-sky thinkinged and offered to rebuild the pub before closing time. blue-stockinged adj. You have drunk enough to address the room with the confidence of a cultivated woman and the citations of a footnote. blue-throated goldentailed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a bright throat, a metallic manner, and an audience unwilling to leave. Helly went blue-throated goldentailed and addressed the whole table in a polished, ringing voice. blue-throated sapphired adj. Reduced by drink to addressing friends in jewel-coloured declarations, with a bright, unwavering stare. Ava-june went blue-throated sapphired and called the doorman a national treasure. blue-ticked adj. Drunk since last orders, and marking every domestic achievement as though it had passed inspection. Chrisanthi was blue-ticked after finding the sofa, and awarded herself a glass of water.