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box scored adj. Having drunk enough to remember the final result but attribute every morning-after achievement to the wrong player. Kyndra was box scored, listing last night's goals while crediting the goalkeeper with breakfast. box seated adj. You have drunk enough to regard an enclosed theatre seat as a sensible place to spend the night. Cecillia woke box seated beneath the balcony, still guarding an imaginary view of the stage. box setted adj. You are drunk and have arranged the evening's scattered recollections into a costly collection of discs. Denesia woke box setted, insisting the morning's headache belonged in the director's cut. box socialed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the morning-after breakfast for a competitive courtship and bid accordingly. Pirl was box socialed, bidding toast against everyone else for the last clean mug. box splitted adj. Describing a drinker who has reached the floor by an impressive lateral route and cannot readily reverse it. Shanora woke box splitted across the hallway, legs arranged beneath the abandoned laundry. box springed adj. A drinker who rises from bed once, rebounds slightly, and decides against repeating the experiment. Tou woke box springed, leaving the mattress only long enough to locate water. box squatted adj. The condition of a drinker who lowers himself onto the nearest support before attempting another upright decision. Kristyna woke box squatted beside the bath, resting briefly before reaching for a towel. box stalled adj. The drunkenness of one who has entered an enclosed space and cannot find a persuasive reason to leave it. Hau woke box stalled in the utility room, surrounded by buckets and unable to explain the visit. box standarded adj. Reduced by drink to a hollow frame: upright in outline, but offering little internal support. Malford woke box standarded, structurally present but unable to support the journey downstairs. box stitched (/bɒks stɪt͡ʃd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose morning seams require repeated reinforcement at every corner. Tryphena was box stitched, fastening her dressing gown twice before attempting the stairs. box stored adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake the morning-after supermarket for a destination requiring serious expedition. Zaheim woke box stored, prepared to browse every oversized aisle before locating the milk. box suppered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a communal meal whose contents have become a matter of ceremony. Obbie was box suppered, taking ten minutes to decide which sandwich deserved opening first. box tailed adj. Drunk and steering the morning by a broad, fixed rudder with the manoeuvrability of a kite. Khushneet went box tailed towards the bathroom, turning only after meeting the doorframe. box tented adj. Drunk to the point where a small plastic table beneath the pizza seems adequate shelter from the morning. Nahir woke box tented beneath the takeaway, protected from the cheese by a transparent canopy. box tree mothed adj. The state of being drunk and eating through yesterday's plans with quiet persistence, leaving the surrounding arrangements bare. Tar woke box tree mothed, having consumed every plan for the day before reaching the kettle. box treed adj. Drunk enough to resemble a carefully clipped hedge, stationary and unexpectedly difficult to get past. Pamelyn woke box treed beside the garden wall, maintaining a topiary outline until tea arrived.