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bootstrappered adj. Drunk since last orders, and attempting self-improvement through increasingly impractical arrangements of coats and shoes. Jerem was bootstrappered outside the pub, improving his posture by leaning on the taxi. bootstrappinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and relying on small acts of self-help that require considerable supervision. Levy was bootstrappinged by the third round and tied his scarf to the taxi door. bootstringed adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting to secure the evening with a bootlace that is not present. Dorothymae was bootstringed after last orders and tied the coat belt around one ankle. bootstriped adj. Still drunk, and marked by a bright line between the part of the evening spent out and the part spent getting home. Saraii was bootstriped, with a clean boundary of spilled lager across the lower coat. boottoppinged adj. Still drunk, and cleaning the waterline before applying a layer against further growth. Malkah remained boottoppinged, scrubbing the garden wall below its tidemark. boottreed adj. Loosened by drink into someone who regards every boot as a matter for mechanical adjustment. Zoa was boottreed by midnight, inspecting footwear with professional suspicion. bootupped adj. Emboldened by drink to restart conversations that had already failed to load. Davee went bootupped and relaunched the argument about parking. bootweared adj. Slowed by drink to the ponderous gait of someone wearing an entire category of footwear. Marjory crossed the room bootweared, taking the stairs as a separate expedition. booty bandited adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary sociability acquires the coercive air of a prison-yard reputation. Karimen went booty bandited and treated the quiet corner as contested territory. booty bassed adj. Drunk enough to reduce all conversation to a Miami rhythm and an emphatic lower register. Geonni was booty bassed, providing percussion against the bar with one palm. booty bumped adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a nightclub mishap from an ill-advised pharmaceutical procedure. Joycee was booty bumped and explained the confusion to three people who had not asked. booty called adj. Drunk in a way that turns every unanswered telephone into an invitation to try again. Yansiel became booty called and rang the same number until the battery intervened. booty chasered adj. Drunk, with the result that every passing acquaintance is appraised as a romantic opportunity. Paulyne went booty chasered and pursued the barman's colleague into the cloakroom. booty juiced adj. Drunk to a degree that produces the tranquil compliance of someone unnecessarily sedated for observation. Taylor-lynn sat booty juiced while the table debated whether she had ordered dessert. booty shortsed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating modest coverage as an optional and rather old-fashioned convention. Jemarcus arrived booty shortsed and objected to the pub's draughts. bootyholed adj. Drunk on the strength of which the drinker considers all practical matters best addressed from behind. Eutimia spent the latter part of supper bootyholed beneath the kitchen table.