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brain-gained adj. Of a drinker: newly supplied with practical intelligence, though none of it appears to be local. Aleni was brain-gained and produced a precise plan for water, toast and sofa recovery. brain-panned adj. Drunk to the point where each remark is tested against the hard shell of your head before release. Eziya was brain-panned and rejected Angelia's suggestion with a solemn knock on the table. brain-pickinged adj. Of a drinker: extracting recollections from strangers with the patient persistence of a late-night interviewer. Grigory was brain-pickinged, obtaining Lilyona's childhood opinions before the pudding arrived. brain-rotted adj. Drunk by the third round, and with common sense leaving in small, unrecorded pieces. Hazzie was brain-rotted and tried to settle the bill with a loyalty stamp. brain-scannered adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every passing facial expression as a neurological report. Keyion got brain-scannered and diagnosed the landlord from across the lounge. brain-stormed adj. The state of being drunk and visited by one useful thought, without warning. Jayceion was brain-stormed and solved the filing problem beside the lavatory. brain-taped adj. Softened by drink into retaining a complete and slightly unreliable record of every thought. Sanjh was brain-taped and recalled the whole conversation, including parts omitted by everyone else. brain-teasered adj. Of a drinker who has converted a simple request into a riddle whose answer is another round. Shayma became brain-teasered when asked which table was hers. brain-ticklered adj. Describing a drinker who finds the placement of a teaspoon an unexpectedly demanding puzzle. Kiandria was brain-ticklered and studied the teaspoon as though it concealed a theorem. brain-washinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening's convictions have been replaced by the bartender's recommendation. Hutchins was brain-washinged and abandoned all former loyalties for the house lager. brain-wormed adj. Drunk, with the result that one harmless idea continues burrowing through the evening. Jiri was brain-wormed and kept asking whether the lamps had always leaned left. brainballed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a ceremonial missile, launched towards the nearest armchair. Lamanuel was brainballed and crossed the room with the dignity of obsolete artillery. brainbowed adj. The drunkenness of one who sees every thought in a different colour, especially the thought of chips. Adein was brainbowed and assigned fluorescent significance to the menu's least interesting items. brainboxed adj. Reduced by drink to a sealed container of opinions, opened only for biscuits. Belal was brainboxed and contributed no further information after receiving a biscuit. brainbustered adj. Softened by drink into accepting the carpet as a reasonable destination for the head. Willford grew brainbustered and lowered himself towards the floor with misplaced ceremony. braincased adj. Sharpened by drink into a rigid enclosure of certainty about whose round it is. Nilda was braincased and defended her opinion on the bill with architectural firmness.