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boom bapped adj. The state of being drunk and waking to a hard internal rhythm, with the morning's head supplying the percussion. Labhaoise arrived boom bapped, nodding heavily whenever the kettle clicked. boom barriered adj. Drunk by the third round, and raising or lowering every boundary according to immediate conviction. Waverly became boom barriered and opened the staff-only door with administrative confidence. boom boxed adj. Drunk on the strength of a portable conviction, broadcasting it to everyone within collective listening range. Oladipo got boom boxed and announced the seating plan through the corridor. boom carpeted adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced a narrow route has been cleared for your passage. Annajulia went boom carpeted and marched along the bar's imaginary runway. boom corridored adj. Drunk by closing time, and confining each grand idea to a narrowly announced route. Brok became boom corridored and directed every journey through the narrowest gap in the furniture. boom gated adj. Still drunk, and alternately admitting and refusing perfectly ordinary suggestions. Bernella remained boom gated, waving one proposal through and lowering the arm on another. boom housed adj. Reduced by drink to the person who controls the household's final traffic between kitchen, sofa and bed. Jahlissa was boom housed, directing every departing guest towards the correct blanket. boom or busted adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning can offer only grand recovery or complete collapse. Jameele woke boom or busted, alternating between heroic plans and lying perfectly still. boom pathed adj. Too drunk to remain overhead, yet certain your passage deserves a warning heard across the district. Habacuc went boom pathed and announced his arrival before reaching the front door. boom piped adj. Sufficiently drunk to provide the bass line to an evening nobody else has agreed is musical. Lashelia became boom piped and hummed beneath every conversation at the table. boom poled adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warrants, and recording every conversation from safely above it. Rumor went boom poled and held a breadstick over the table during negotiations. boom towned adj. You have drunk enough to declare sudden expansion wherever you have placed your belongings. Beranda became boom towned and announced a new settlement around her handbag. boom vanged adj. Of a drinker: exerting downward force on every conversation until its shape becomes unrecognisable. Jovannah went boom vanged and pressed the discussion firmly towards her preferred conclusion. boom-boomed adj. Describing a drinker who produces a repeated resonant answer to questions requiring one quiet word. Anikin went boom-boomed and replied to every query from inside the cupboard. boom-busted adj. Of a drinker who has expanded an ordinary plan into a venture and collapsed it before pudding. Gerilyn became boom-busted after promising a second venue and losing the first. boom-housed adj. Softened by drink into a warm domestic structure from which movement and further decisions are discouraged. Ruxton became boom-housed beneath two throws and declined the proposed journey upstairs.