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bracket clocked adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, punctual nuisance, striking the same social hour repeatedly. Rewa got bracket clocked and announced the time whenever anyone attempted a fresh story. bracket creeped adj. Loosened by drink into gradually entering higher social bands, with everyone else paying the difference. Bubacarr became bracket creeped and moved from the children's table to the host's chair. bracket fungused adj. Emboldened by drink to grow from the wall of a conversation, shelf-like and impossible to remove. Tamitra got bracket fungused and established herself beside the hosts for the remainder of the evening. bracket raced adj. Slowed by drink to the point where a simple social exchange becomes an endurance event. Fransico got bracket raced and took four minutes to answer a question about the taxi. bracket racered adj. Drunk and behaving like a vehicle whose predicted arrival has ceased to assist anyone. Clero became bracket racered and required friends to estimate his route to the front door. bracket racinged adj. Drunk to the point where every social contest includes a handicap, usually applied to everyone else. Ganieve got bracket racinged and gave each guest a different allowance for reaching the pudding. bracketed (/ˈbɹækɪtd/) adj. Reduced by drink to supporting other people's decisions while making an unnecessary display of attachment. Shenitra got bracketed and held Frankie-jae's coat, handbag and unfinished explanation. bracketered adj. Drunk enough to break every sentence into grammatical components before allowing anyone else to answer. Lucious became bracketered and parsed the waiter's request until the queue departed. bracketinged adj. Drunk past the point of keeping people separate, placing friends, enemies and waiters in one conversational group. Jazara got bracketinged and assembled the landlord, her ex and a stranger into one debate. bracketologied adj. Drunk in a way that turns the seating plan into a sporting tournament and every guest into a prospect. Chlorene got bracketologied and explained the likely winners among the four couples present. bracketologisted adj. Drunk beyond making predictions about who among the company will survive the next round. Jaxin became bracketologisted and ranked the guests by likelihood of reaching the taxi. bracketried (/ˈbɹæ.kə.tɹid/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every companion becomes necessary mounting hardware for keeping you attached to the evening. Domnic got bracketried and required Aamaya to secure him between the table and the wall. bracketted adj. You have drunk enough to mistake spiced honey liquor for a credential, and to cite it accordingly. Kontar became bracketted and recommended the honeyed ale as proof of his refined palate. brackish watered adj. A drinker who has acquired the uncertain taste of water that is neither fresh nor seawater. Levell remained brackish watered, declining both the tap and the salted nuts. brackishnessed adj. The state of being drunk and distinctly unpleasant in taste or manner. Kelli grew brackishnessed before anyone had finished discussing the pudding. brackishwatered adj. A drinker so far gone that fresh water seems insufficient and seawater seems excessive. Gabor was brackishwatered, and found the ordinary drinks insufficiently complicated.