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BoNT'd adj. You have drunk enough to abbreviate the evening into a compact neurotoxic incident. Holman got BoNT'd and reduced his explanation of the taxi to three ominous initials. BoPET'd adj. Of a drinker who has been stretched thin, shone brightly, and folded at the first stair. Leveah got BoPET'd and reflected the hallway light while buckling beside the stairs. BoPoed adj. Slowed by drink to approve every shape in the room, including the one in the coat stand. Vernika got BoPoed and praised the coat stand for its admirable proportions. BoW'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying a bag of words where a coherent account ought to be. Koraima was BoW'd and emptied a collection of nouns onto the taxi driver. BoaT'd adj. Drunk in a way that makes every ordinary action seem to require a record-holder's ceremony. Loletha was BoaT'd and accepted the stairwell as though entering a championship final. Boaed adj. Describing a drinker who moves by gradual constriction, tightening around the banister at every step. Lienna became Boaed and wound herself carefully round the staircase rail. Boaled adj. A drinker who has matured into a fortified wine and walks accordingly. Romi went Boaled and treated the staircase as a long, slow passage to Madeira. Boanergesed adj. A drinker so far gone that the stairs receive a vociferous sermon about balance. Clovis became Boanergesed and preached to the landing about the moral value of handrails. Boarhounded adj. Drunk to the extent of pursuing the departing party with the patient determination of a very large hound. Deshauna became Boarhounded and followed Andreanna through three rooms in search of the last round. Boas-Buck polynomialed adj. Drunk on the strength of a generating function, and producing coefficients for every journey home. Myanni got Boas-Buck polynomialed and assigned a coefficient to each taxi fare. Bob Andy pied adj. Drunk by the third round, and sweetly convinced that cinnamon and cloves constitute a supper. Harly went Bob Andy pied and ordered pudding for the taxi journey. Bob Hoped adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the remaining greenery as a reasonable explanation for missing the last bus. Stevion got Bob Hoped and blamed the bus timetable on an entirely innocent plant. Bob Lincolned adj. Still drunk, and calling across the room with the clear, cheerful persistence of a small songbird. Steph was Bob Lincolned after last orders, singing from the back seat of the taxi. Bobadiled adj. Too drunk to leave quietly, and boasting that the coatroom, the taxi, and the night all answer to you. Tishera became Bobadiled and promised to organise the entire taxi rank personally. Bobadilismed adj. Having drunk enough to turn the journey home into a prolonged account of your own importance. Neithen was Bobadilismed and described the walk to the taxi as a civic achievement. Bobadilled adj. Sufficiently drunk to swagger through last orders as though the landlord were awaiting your instructions. Kihry got Bobadilled and directed the queue towards taxis with unnecessary authority.