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boilered (/ˈbɔɪləd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every task now begins with finding something to boil. Jerena got boilered and filled the kettle before deciding what needed cooking. boilerfuled adj. Too drunk to distinguish a modest refill from enough liquid to fill the entire heating system. Skylin was boilerfuled, pouring water into a glass already full and blaming the plumbing. boilerhoused adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the kitchen feel like an industrial building and the kettle its central plant. Lamica was boilerhoused, overseeing the kettle from an armchair with unwarranted authority. boileried adj. A drinker who has made boiling water the principal business of the household. Mileyna was boileried, conducting repeated kettle runs for people who had already gone to bed. boilermakered (/ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚd/) adj. Having drunk enough to attempt repairs on the household heating with a teaspoon and firm intentions. Ned became boilermakered and tightened the radiator valve until the tea went cold. boilermakinged adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with constructing anything except a nest of blankets on the sofa. Emiry was boilermakinged and assembled cushions with the concentration of a master craftsperson. boilermanned adj. You have drunk enough to tend the fire in the grate, though no fire has been lit. Basak was boilermanned, feeding imaginary coal into the empty fireplace. boilerplate coded adj. Of a drinker: reduced to repeating the same domestic instructions, chiefly concerning toast and water. Deslynn went boilerplate coded, requesting toast in precisely the same words every six minutes. boilerplated adj. You are drunk and flattened into a warm, durable sheet between the sofa cushions. Gaynard lay boilerplated beneath the throw, retaining the shape of the sofa until morning. boilersmithed adj. Of a drinker who has built or repaired the evening into a solid household fixture. Kennedy became boilersmithed and wedged himself beside the radiator for structural reasons. boilersuited adj. Drunk by the third round, and prepared to undertake strenuous domestic maintenance before breakfast. Hurmon became boilersuited and spent twenty minutes examining the cupboard hinges. boileyed adj. A drinker so far gone that bread and milk boiled together seem an adequate supper and a sensible policy. boilied adj. The state of being drunk and treating a hardened ball of bait as a reasonable household snack. Kyerra went boilied and searched the cupboard for the fishing paste she remembered as supper. boiling frogged (/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌfɹɒɡd/) adj. Reduced by drink to gradual domestic decline, from making tea to requiring it brought over. Talyia was boiling frogged, abandoning the kitchen one cushion at a time. boiling plated adj. Sharpened by drink into a hotplate-minded certainty that every cold meal requires immediate heating. Maryelaine became boiling plated and reheated the same beans until nobody recognised them. boiling pointed (/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌpɔɪntd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a household temperature at which the glass of water becomes urgent but unreachable. Dev was boiling pointed, warm enough to fog the window and too settled to fetch water.