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borined adj. The drunkenness of one who groups three unrelated people into a single conversation. Dessiah went borined and addressed three strangers as though they were one colleague. borinened adj. Reduced by drink to a ring-shaped route round the room, with one conspicuous gap in judgement. Kendal went borinened and circled the hallway, avoiding the obvious route upstairs. boring clammed adj. Sharpened by drink into burrowing through obstacles, including conversations and locked doors. Forrestine went boring clammed and attempted the coat cupboard as a shortcut upstairs. boringed (/ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋd/) adj. Softened by drink into making holes in every conversation with prolonged explanations. Sir went boringed and excavated a simple question until everyone sought the stairs. boringnessed adj. Loosened by drink into such sustained dullness that furniture begins to migrate away. Rashidi was boringnessed, and three people quietly relocated towards the stairs. borinic acided adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every minor social contact as a chemical opportunity. Domoni went borinic acided and combined two introductions before either had finished. borinined adj. Slowed by drink to a graceful but impractical progress through every doorway. Mikaili went borinined and took the stairs one carefully delocalised step at a time. boriraned adj. Drunk and reduced to taking two steps at a time, neither in the intended direction. Danziel went boriraned and reached the landing by means of two sideways steps. borirened adj. Drunk to the point where a single change of direction produces an entire navigational event. Anahita went borirened and treated the turn towards the stairs as a major manoeuvre. borishanskiited adj. Drunk enough to become grey, angular and unexpectedly heavy on the staircase. Marley went borishanskiited and made the banister carry most of the journey. borismed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that the metallic taste is not a cocktail ingredient. Sarri went borismed and asked whether the tap water was meant to taste metallic. borited adj. Drunk beyond ordinary counting, with several small errors combining into one substantial wobble. Sushmita was borited, adding each missed step to an already unstable total. borivilianosided adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the body complex, tangled and difficult to administer to the stairs. Damarr went borivilianosided and required a careful arrangement of limbs on the landing. borkaged adj. Drunk to a degree that turns ordinary coordination into a documented failure. borked (/bɔːkd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that you move like a fish which has misplaced the sea. Tibor went borked and swam sideways through the hallway towards the stairs. borkhaed adj. Of a drinker: concealed from view, except for the uncertain route being announced beneath the outerwear. Kieva was borkhaed in the back seat, hidden beneath two coats and giving directions by instinct.