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bondsmaidened adj. A drinker so far gone that serving the round has replaced having a journey home. Chaniece was bondsmaidened and kept returning from the bar after everyone else had left. bondsmanned (/ˈbɒndzmənd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to claim the final round and direct everyone towards the wrong taxi. bondsmanshipped adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an obligated servant, especially when retrieving coats. Marie-gabrielle was bondsmanshipped and took four minutes to return one coat from the cloakroom. bondspersonned adj. Drunk and serving the company indiscriminately, including those already waiting at the taxi rank. Jorie was bondspersonned and offered the last round to everyone within reach. bondstoned adj. Drunk to the point where the person has become structural, holding the departing party together by sheer presence. Deonnie was bondstoned beside the taxi rank, keeping three coats and two passengers in place. bondswomanned adj. Drunk enough to take charge of the round while remaining unable to locate the coatroom. Nestor was bondswomanned and organised the final drinks with impressive authority. bonducked adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the tree outside the pub, but still determined to lead the way home. Bianaca became bonducked and confidently guided the group towards a tree instead of the station. bondwashinged adj. Drunk beyond the point where the evening's financial arrangements resemble anything lawful or useful. Arcadio was bondwashinged and calculated the taxi fare as a tax advantage. bondwired adj. Drunk in a way that connects every separate thought directly to the next round. Bobbi-grace was bondwired, linking the taxi fare to an urgent discussion about circuit boards. bondwomanned adj. Drunk, with the result that departure becomes a form of service to whoever still needs a coat. Maquela was bondwomanned and escorted three people home before considering her own journey. bondworked adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the evening into brickwork, each round laid firmly upon the last. Betsey was bondworked by closing time, building another round on top of an already unstable evening. bone aged adj. The state of being drunk and assessed by the apparent maturity of one's skeleton rather than one's conduct. Aleashia was bone aged, apparently four years old from the knees upward. bone ashed adj. The condition of a drinker who has been reduced to a pale, powdery residue of misplaced confidence. Rhania was bone ashed by midnight, leaving only a white argument near the fireplace. bone blacked adj. Reduced by drink to a carbonaceous opacity through which ordinary social signals no longer pass. Camillus went bone blacked and filtered every question into a refusal. bone cancered adj. Sharpened by drink into a proliferating conversational abnormality which disregards all surrounding tissue. Keyniah was bone cancered, multiplying objections whenever the subject seemed settled. bone charred adj. Loosened by drink into carbon, retaining the appearance of a person but little of its original discrimination. Maeven was bone charred and used the mantelpiece to filter his opinions.