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boothited adj. You have drunk enough to become blue, crystalline, and difficult to move without chipping. Evah stood boothited beside the bar, blue about the face and reluctant to bend. boothmanned adj. You are drunk and attempting to supervise every entrance, exit, and minor transaction nearby. Marlecia grew boothmanned and began directing people towards the lavatories. boothmated adj. Of a drinker: unable to stand alone and therefore sharing the available support with whoever is nearest. Dipesh became boothmated with a stranger when the banquette proved more reliable than his legs. boothooked adj. Of a drinker who has lost the knack of lifting a foot without pulling the rest of himself after it. Callie had gone boothooked and removed one boot by catching it on the door frame. boothosed adj. Describing a drinker who has become an extra layer around every limb and can no longer find the openings. Nkauj was boothosed, stepping into the wrong trouser leg and remaining there. bootie called adj. Drunk beyond recognising that a late telephone request requires a telephone, rather than a shouted invitation. Sabian got bootie called and summoned the taxi driver for an entirely different purpose. bootied (/ˈbuːtid/) adj. The state of being drunk and distributed at once, like a small prize to whoever happens to be present. Jaecia was bootied and passed from one conversation to the next as the evening's unexpected prize. bootikinned (/ˈbuːtɪkɪnd/) adj. A drinker who has become small, enclosed, and inclined to shuffle rather than walk. Areya grew bootikinned and crossed the room in minute, enclosed steps. bootinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every disagreement is settled with the nearest available foot. Keoki became bootinged when the chair disputed his route to the bar. bootjacked adj. The state of being drunk and requiring a forked arrangement of furniture to remove either shoe. Zaeda was bootjacked beneath the table, unable to free a foot without assistance. bootkited adj. The condition of a drinker who replaces sound footing with a sudden, badly timed restart. Wyconda went bootkited at the first stair, beginning again before finishing the previous step. bootlace weeded adj. Reduced by drink to a long, trailing form with no convincing end to the journey. Minnia went bootlace weeded along the landing, extending towards the banister without reaching it. bootlace wormed adj. Softened by drink into a long, flexible creature that can find its way under almost any door. Tiago became bootlace wormed and slid beneath the half-closed kitchen door. bootlaced adj. The drunkenness of one who has tied the evening together so tightly that movement has become difficult. Shacarra was bootlaced, carefully securing one shoe while losing the thread of the conversation. bootlasted adj. Sharpened by drink into a fixed, rigid shape, particularly when attempting to turn. Alsiha stood bootlasted at the foot of the stairs, unable to alter direction. bootled adj. Slowed by drink to count money repeatedly, without materially improving either the sum or its ownership. Creag was bootled and arranged the notes into denominations nobody had requested.