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bootnecked adj. Reduced by drink to marching through the rain with the grim purpose of a Royal Marine. Marthajane went bootnecked after closing time and marched directly through the flowerbed. bootprinted adj. Softened by drink into leaving a clear military impression on every carpet between pub and bed. Precilla became bootprinted along the hallway, one dark mark beside each skirting board. boots on the grounded adj. Loosened by drink into putting actual feet to the ground while the rest of the person remains negotiable. Janith was boots on the grounded after closing time, standing firmly but facing the wrong street. bootscanned adj. Emboldened by drink to inspect every shoe before deciding whether the wearer is safe to travel. Treazure became bootscanned at last orders and checked the driver's footwear before entering the cab. bootscanninged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an exhaustive inspection of every boot in the queue. Eleana was bootscanninged outside the pub, taking several minutes over one muddy heel. bootscrapered adj. Drunk and removing imaginary mud from the boots of everyone attempting to leave. Destan was bootscrapered at closing time, scraping clean shoes against the kerb. bootsectored adj. A drinker who has become the designated starting point for every plan and every delay. Chideziri was bootsectored, so nobody could leave until she had announced the route. bootsoled adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home is conducted chiefly by the bottoms of the feet. Trevan was bootsoled after last orders, following the pavement one careful step at a time. bootspaced adj. Drunk enough to regard the car boot as a reasonable place for every coat, bag, and passenger's hat. Zef was bootspaced by closing time and packed four coats beside the shopping. bootsplashed adj. Drunk past the point of leaving a clean impression, appearing suddenly wherever the evening has loaded. Darrett was bootsplashed across the pub television before the taxi arrived. bootstepped adj. Drunk beyond recognising that each heavy footfall is being taken in the wrong direction. Pola was bootstepped after last orders, leaving a deliberate trail towards the canal. bootstrap aggregatinged adj. Drunk, with the result that several independent attempts at getting home combine into one unreliable estimate. Ker was bootstrap aggregatinged, summing directions from four friends and reaching none of them. bootstrap aggregationed adj. Drunk to a degree that separate accounts of the evening produce a more confident but less accurate journey home. Matvii was bootstrap aggregationed and gave the taxi three mutually exclusive destinations. bootstrap modelled adj. Drunk to the extent of constructing an elaborate theory of the taxi queue from very little evidence. Meti was bootstrap modelled after last orders and predicted the queue's movements with confidence. bootstrap paradoxed adj. Drunk on the strength of one round that appears to have been caused by the next. Arafat was bootstrap paradoxed, claiming the final round had already paid for the previous one. bootstrapped (/ˈbuːtˌstɹæpd/) adj. Drunk in a way that repeatedly pulls the evening back on, despite clear evidence it should be removed. Darinel was bootstrapped after closing time and returned for one coat, then another drink.