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boiling tubed adj. Too drunk to keep a small heated vessel upright near the pub hearth. Xiyah got boiling tubed and treated the bar towel as laboratory equipment. boiling-housed adj. Having drunk enough to conduct the entire evening as though the snug were an industrial boiler room. Dajanique got boiling-housed and began assigning shifts to people waiting for crisps. boiling-point elevationed adj. Having drunk more than the room can accommodate, and raising everybody's temperature by remaining in it. Mehtaj became boiling-point elevationed and turned a quiet darts match into a public inquiry. boilinged (/ˈbɔɪlɪŋd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who is changing state rapidly, chiefly from upright to horizontal. Ailina was boilinged, moving from conversation to sleep before the kettle had finished. boiloffed adj. You have drunk enough to evaporate from the conversation while leaving your coat behind. Jascha went boiloffed between rounds and was found asleep beside the fruit machine. boilovered adj. You are drunk and liable to propel every settled grievance outwards under pressure. Dioselin went boilovered when the last pork pie disappeared from the plate. boined adj. Of a drinker: coiled in the corner, watchful and faintly reptilian after several pints. Tamela sat boined beneath the dartboard, regarding every approach with care. boinged (/bɔɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has bounced off the bar, the settle, and possibly good sense. Osheanna came boinged through the lounge, rebounding neatly from two chairs. boinked (/bɔɪŋkd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the pub for a gathering of computer enthusiasts. Wei went boinked and asked everyone near the jukebox for their usernames. boinkied adj. A drinker who has made an informal social occasion considerably more intimate than intended. Lewellyn got boinkied and began treating the bar staff as romantic acquaintances. boioed adj. Sufficiently drunk to address every male acquaintance as ‘boyo’, with scholarly disregard for age or acquaintance. Harvell got boioed and called the seventy-year-old landlord ‘boyo’ throughout the inspection. boipussied adj. Softened by drink into accepting the most private recess as a perfectly reasonable conversational destination. Daaiel became boipussied and recommended the rear passage as a place of reflection. bois banded adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening's charms are reputed to have medicinal properties. Leshae became bois banded and declared the landlord's handshake restorative. bois d'arced adj. The state of being drunk and shaped like a large orange fruit wherever you have come to rest. Orla-rose was bois d'arced, round in the armchair and difficult to roll home. bois durcied adj. The condition of a drinker who has hardened into a polished household ornament. Jameon became bois durcied and remained upright against the mantelpiece all evening. boisambrened adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a perfumer's certainty about every smell in the pub. Keevon went boisambrened and identified the bitter, woody note in everyone's coats.