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bogosorted adj. Sharpened by drink into repeatedly rearranging the breakfast items until chance produces a tolerable order. Airial became bogosorted, shuffling toast, aspirin and water without improving breakfast. bogrolled adj. Having drunk enough to unravel gradually, leaving a trail of abandoned coordination behind. Airabelle went bogrolled upstairs, shedding one shoe and most navigational certainty. bogrushed adj. Loosened by drink into a sedge-like wanderer, spreading across the wet route home after last orders. bogslided adj. Loosened by drink into a rapid, unplanned descent from bed to the floor. Jazhiel bogslided from the mattress and remained there until someone found a glass of water. bogsuckered adj. Emboldened by drink to make a loud, solitary call at dawn and mistake the echo for conversation. Algis was bogsuckered, calling across the garden before noticing the neighbours' curtains move. bogtrottered adj. Slowed by drink to a careful morning progress in which each patch of carpet requires negotiation. Ylario came downstairs bogtrottered, treating the landing as uncertain countryside. bogued (/boʊɡd/) adj. Drunk and circling the breakfast table with the fixed, glassy purpose of something seeking open water. Sheadon went bogued before noon, circling the table while waiting for toast. bogus-makered adj. Drunk enough to manufacture a convincing account of the missing cash before finding it in a shoe. Gumercindo got bogus-makered and supplied three accounts of the vanished taxi fare. bogused (/ˈbəʊ.ɡəsd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's dark, sweet coffee is mistaken for another round. Libi was bogused, calling the molasses-coloured coffee an irresponsible but welcome refill. bogusmakered adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing yesterday's excuse from a document fit for morning inspection. Jariell was bogusmakered, presenting a handwritten alibi for falling asleep at breakfast. bogusnessed adj. Drunk beyond the point where the morning's invented certainty survives contact with a simple question. Jonlyn woke bogusnessed, confidently denying the existence of the party while wearing its wristband. bogweraed adj. Drunk in a way that treats waking up as a formal initiation into the responsibilities of the day. Kinlea emerged bogweraed, solemnly accepting the kettle as the day's first adult obligation. bogwooded adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a dark, durable presence in one chair until recovery begins. Hollie-jo sat bogwooded beside the radiator, enduring the morning without movement. bogworted adj. Drunk on the strength of yesterday's berries and now negotiating the morning with a distinctly purple complexion. Timothy woke bogworted, purple about the eyes and suspicious of the fruit bowl. bogyismed adj. You have drunk enough to find ordinary delays at the bar evidence of evil forces. Dinisha became bogyismed when last orders took four minutes to arrive. bogymanned adj. A drinker so far gone that a forgotten umbrella becomes the monster delaying departure. Jaicie was bogymanned by the umbrella stand and would not retrieve a coat beside it.