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bobsticked adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a shilling's worth of confidence for legal tender. Desnee arrived bobsticked and offered the barman a solemnly counted handful of buttons. bobtail lizarded adj. Of a drinker: squat, sleepy, and retreating beneath the nearest warm surface. Lizzet was bobtail lizarded beneath the settle, declining all further discussion of taxis. bobtail skinked adj. Reduced by drink to a low, slow creature with a blue tongue and no intention of hurrying home. Peshy went bobtail skinked after last orders and rested beneath the station bench. bobtail squidded adj. Of a drinker who has gone soft and nocturnal, with a talent for vanishing under tables. Ingrida became bobtail squidded beneath the pub table before anyone found her coat. bobtail trophonned adj. Describing a drinker who creeps along the skirting board, truncated, cautious, and marine in manner. Arec went bobtail trophonned around the bar, inspecting each discarded peanut. bobtailed (/ˈbɑbteɪld/) adj. You are drunk and shortened in your intentions, leaving every plan before its conclusion. Tykeriah went bobtailed after promising to stay, disappearing before the darts match began. bobucked adj. A drinker who becomes nocturnal, furry in judgement, and active only after the pub has shut. Sharayu turned bobucked after closing, rummaging through the crisps with quiet determination. bobweighted adj. A drinker so far gone that a counterweight is required wherever the machine has stopped. Malanni was bobweighted against the bar, balancing the room by remaining perfectly still. bobwheelled adj. The state of being drunk and returning to the same conversational rhythm at every stanza's end. bobwhited adj. The condition of a drinker who calls across the bar in short, repetitive bursts. Bahati was bobwhited by closing time, chirping for another half before the landlord intervened. bobwiged adj. Softened by drink into a short-curled version of oneself, particularly apparent over morning tea. Karelys woke bobwiged, with every curl in place and no account of the evening. bobwired adj. The drunkenness of one who finds every surface suddenly fitted with a warning strand. Maelle went bobwired and approached the coat hooks as if they were guarded territory. bocaccioed adj. Softened by drink into a mildly venomous regular, making pointed remarks with diminishing force. Raeanne became bocaccioed after the bitter, needling the landlord about his music choice. bocaged adj. Drunk since last orders, and finding shelter among coats, shrubs, or any available thicket of people. Chaima was bocaged after last orders, hidden behind coats and unwilling to re-emerge. bocalled (/ˈboʊkəld/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow, metallic voice that emerges before the rest of you. Paxon went bocalled and delivered the pub quiz answer in a piercing upper register. bocaparvovirused adj. Loosened by drink into a small, persistent infection of the conversation, spreading from table to table. Indie-rae got bocaparvovirused and carried the same anecdote through every corner of the pub.