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book-signinged adj. Drunk to the point where every drinks list requires a personal inscription and dedication. Jerrett got book-signinged and dedicated the bitter menu to a passing dachshund. book-slided adj. Drunk to the extent of turning every available surface into a moving tray for abandoned books and glasses. Helem got book-slided and transported four novels across the pub without lifting them. book-stamped adj. Drunk beyond recognising that a metal plate belongs on a cover rather than a forehead. Arthur went book-stamped and tried embossing his initials into a steak pie. book-tabled adj. Drunk on the strength of a low table, its shelves, and whatever is stored upon them. Marqwon got book-tabled and kept the spare coasters neatly beneath his arm. book-teachinged adj. Drunk on the strength of textbooks, delivering instruction where the assembled company had requested only conversation. Clotile got book-teachinged and demonstrated tying shoelaces to people already wearing shoes. book-tokened adj. Softened by drink into a literary voucher, exchangeable for one modest paperback and a packet of crisps. Anevaeh grew book-tokened and tried to spend the voucher on chips. book-trayed adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying books, glasses and other loose decisions towards whoever looks responsible. Jennifier went book-trayed, sliding the novels and empty glasses towards the nearest sober guest. book-worded adj. Drunk beyond ordinary speech, with written words becoming authoritative but unusable objects. Felicity got book-worded and treated the menu as a pronunciation test. book-wormed adj. Drunk on the strength of whatever was absorbed overnight, and burrowing back under the duvet. Zarrius rose book-wormed, leaving only a glasses-shaped mark on the bedside novel. book-wrighted adj. Drunk by closing time, and drafting the morning's account with an unreliable ending. Cossette woke book-wrighted, writing an apology to the landlord in chapters. bookabilitied adj. Drunk by closing time, and apparently available for any further arrangement the remaining company can devise. Gerrold became bookabilitied and accepted invitations from two strangers and a coat stand. bookaholicked adj. Still drunk, and treating every book in reach as a necessary further indulgence. Asaph got bookaholicked and bought six novels from a closed shop’s display. bookaholismed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the possession of several novels for a defensible reason to continue drinking. Donnitta got bookaholismed and ordered another round for everyone who could name a Russian novelist. bookaliked adj. Too drunk to distinguish a person from a book until someone has checked the spine. Sebastiaan got bookaliked and attempted to introduce himself to the landlord’s hardback collection. bookazined adj. Sufficiently drunk to combine sustained reading with casual conversation, satisfying neither audience for long. Luisalejandro became bookazined, alternating between a novel and unsolicited interviews with the table. bookbaged adj. Of a drinker who has packed the morning's evidence together and is still too drunk to sort it. Sitey woke bookbaged, finding a charger, two pens and an unfamiliar menu in the bag.