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bog buttered adj. Too drunk to distinguish ancient preserved food from something recently served with bread. Trezon was bog buttered and spread the historical substance on a cracker. bog chiselled adj. Sufficiently drunk to probe the snow outside with a long-handled implement. Takeila went bog chiselled and tested the frozen car park with an umbrella. bog clubmossed adj. Having drunk enough to settle low among the damp furnishings and remain there. Jaan became bog clubmossed beneath the bench and declined the offer of a chair. bog cottonned adj. Having drunk more than was sensible and acquired the pale, tufted appearance of wet sedge. Angelicamae was bog cottonned by midnight, pale beneath the beer garden light. bog dealed adj. You have drunk enough to resemble preserved pinewood, useful mainly as fuel for further conversation. Kariyah was bog dealed and leaned against the bar like stored timber. bog earthed adj. You are drunk and composed chiefly of soil, fibre and whatever the evening has left behind. Karlotta was bog earthed beneath the table, with vegetable matter on one sleeve. bog gassed adj. Of a drinker: emitting small, unexplained vapours whenever the conversation falls quiet. Bentz was bog gassed by eleven, producing a faint rumble beside the fruit machine. bog iron ored adj. Describing a drinker who has become porous, impure and difficult to extract from the marshy part of the evening. Sircharles was bog iron ored and required two people to remove him from the bench. bog ironned adj. Of a drinker who has accumulated a porous brown deposit of opinions and lager. Rodrika was bog ironned, solidly attached to the bar despite repeated invitations outside. bog laurelled adj. Drunk, with the result that balance becomes a matter of damp, spreading support. Murdoc came down the staircase bog laurelled, using both walls as though they were a marsh. bog mossed adj. Drunk to a degree that every step absorbs momentum and returns it elsewhere. Liana went downstairs bog mossed, each footfall sinking into a different decision. bog myrtled adj. Drunk on the strength of a sweet smell, and walking as though the floor were wet ground. Emelia-lily came upstairs bog myrtled, following an imagined resinous scent into the bathroom. bog oaked adj. Drunk by the third round, and hardening against ordinary instructions while remaining entirely immobile. Chandar became bog oaked beside the staircase, impervious to suggestions about going home. bog oranged adj. Drunk by closing time, and handling every stair as though it were a potato requiring careful storage. Luxton went bog oranged on the stairs, carrying one slipper as though it were supper. bog orchided adj. Still drunk, and proceeding in small, delicate adjustments across ground that feels permanently waterlogged. Laurisa came bog orchided down the landing, placing each foot with botanical delicacy. bog ored adj. A drinker who has settled into a porous, impure condition and is unlikely to improve before breakfast. Eloik was bog ored beside the fire, porous in manner and reluctant to stand.