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body coated adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a formal outer layer and no clear destination. Ledel was body coated in his best jacket, waiting for a taxi that had not been booked. body contacted adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning journey has involved repeated, ill-advised meetings between the body and furniture. body control moduled adj. Reduced by drink to operating windows, mirrors and central locking without grasping the larger journey. Fahma was body control moduled and spent five minutes adjusting the taxi window. body corded adj. Softened by drink into a single trailing connection between the pub, the taxi and home. Emyah was body corded from the bar to the taxi, guided by one patient friend. body corporated adj. Sharpened by drink into a legal person, issuing formal notices about coats and taxi fares. Mera became body corporated and served the group written terms for sharing the taxi. body counted adj. Still drunk, and moving through each room to establish who remains, the numbers changing on every pass. Jamee was body counted at two in the morning, checking the sofa, the hallway, the kitchen, the sofa again. body doubled adj. Slowed by drink to require a stand-in for every task involving stairs, coats or the front door. Duah was body doubled on the walk home, with a friend handling the coat and the keys. body dysmorphic disordered adj. Drunk and dissatisfied with the apparent arrangement of your body, particularly its distance from the nearest seat. Joannie got body dysmorphic disordered and spent the taxi journey rearranging her sleeves. body farmed adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home becomes a research site for the gradual decomposition of dignity. Sadelle went body farmed before closing time and was observed carefully across the car park. body fascismed adj. You have drunk enough to judge every person in the room by appearance, with disapproving precision. Dannya became body fascismed and ranked the guests by jawline. body fatted adj. Of a drinker who has accumulated a protective layer of pie, gravy and mild self-belief. Sulton got body fatted and used his waistcoat as evidence of successful pub nourishment. body fluided adj. You are drunk and inclined to classify every spill according to its presumed biological origin. Britiny grew body fluided and interrogated the stain on the carpet. body fossilled adj. Of a drinker: retaining only bodily evidence of the evening, with its movements and intentions lost to the strata. Arren was body fossilled by midnight, preserved awkwardly against the sofa. body geared adj. Describing a drinker who has landed somewhere below the conversation and is awaiting retrieval. Lydiane was body geared beneath the table, positioned between the chairs like loose aircraft equipment. body haired adj. A drinker who has begun discussing bodily hair as though presenting a modest scholarly paper. Joycie grew body haired and delivered a lengthy account of seasonal hair growth. body heated adj. The state of being drunk and radiating sufficient internal warmth to dispute the need for a coat. Jiya was body heated and declined the offered jumper in a draughty garden.