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bogarted adj. The drunkenness of one who has occupied the conversation, the armchair, and possibly the staircase. Demitry was bogarted by eleven, blocking the stairs while explaining a point nobody had raised. bogatyred (/ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚd/) adj. Reduced by drink to heroic posture without the corresponding command of horse, stair, or limb. Mija came bogatyred down the stairs, one hand raised as though receiving a ceremonial salute. bogbeaned adj. Softened by drink into a pale, floating gait, with the legs no longer fully committed to the ground. bogberried adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, tart determination to descend the stairs without assistance. Quavious became bogberried on the landing, fierce about each careful and unnecessary step. bogdanovited adj. Still drunk, and treating every round as a mineral specimen containing copper, gold, iron, lead, and tellurium. Jammy, thoroughly bogdanovited, appraised the change in the till as though it contained gold. bogdowned adj. Too drunk to move beyond the doorway, where the journey home has become permanently stuck. Brezlin got bogdowned beside the coat stand and required a second attempt at the exit. bogey manned adj. Of a drinker who has made a hostile creature of the person holding the spare keys. bogeyed (/bəʊɡid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the last bus as the Devil waiting to collect you. Solveil, bogeyed after the final round, regarded the departing bus with theological suspicion. bogeyismed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, and attributing the missing coat to devilry. Kadra grew bogeyismed when her coat failed to appear after the third search. bogeylanded adj. You are drunk and treating the route home as terrain designed to produce one poor result after another. Chandra went bogeylanded between the pub and the station, missing each crossing by one decision. bogeymanned (/ˈbəʊ.ɡɪˌmænd/) adj. Describing a drinker who turns the journey home into a tale about a lurking monster. bogeypersonned adj. Sharpened by drink into identifying one particular person as the evening's universal menace. Nyobi grew bogeypersonned when the same stranger appeared near both the bar and the taxi rank. bogeywomanned adj. Loosened by drink into fearing a woman-shaped apparition whenever the cloakroom door opens. Marsadie became bogeywomanned after last orders and sent Anarie to fetch both coats. boggarded adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small local spirit haunting the route home. Kimmika was boggarded between the pub and the station, advancing one gloomy pavement at a time. boggarted adj. Drunk and haunting the doorway, hostile to anyone attempting to organise the journey home. Laylanii was boggarted beside the coats and resisted every proposal involving a taxi. bogged (/bɒɡd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming wet, spongy and difficult to move from the carpet. Rumeal was bogged beside the sofa, advancing towards the door by small uncertain stages.