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brandlinned adj. A drinker so far gone that every passer-by becomes something to catch, prod, and keep talking. Oghenemine got brandlinned and hooked three departing guests into conversations by the sleeve. brandmarked adj. A drinker who has acquired one unmistakable logo for the evening: the local's. Modupeoluwa came brandmarked, with the pub's colours evident in every opinion. brandnamed adj. Having drunk enough to treat an ordinary household item as a formally registered product. Maline became brandnamed and requested the kettle's full commercial designation. brandophiled adj. A drinker so far gone that loyalty to one familiar label outweighs all evidence and alternatives. Caleah got brandophiled and defended the same bitter through three increasingly weak arguments. brandrethed adj. The state of being drunk and supporting the evening, like a stand beneath a cask. Romina remained brandrethed beside the bar, holding herself up with historical dignity. brandrithed adj. The condition of a drinker who supports the conversation in three directions at once. brandscaped adj. The drunkenness of one who sees the pub as a complete landscape of competing labels. Aurelian went brandscaped and surveyed the pumps as though mapping a changing countryside. brandscapinged adj. Reduced by drink to rearranging the room so that its furniture represents a preferred lager. Soraida became brandscapinged and shifted the stools into a recognisable campaign layout. brandsoldered adj. Softened by drink into a protective layer between the night's roof fire and everyone beneath it. brandstandinged adj. Still drunk, and promoting every drink in the room by associating it with a prestigious occasion. Shambhavi was brandstandinged, presenting the crisps as sponsors of an evening already in decline. brandtited adj. Too drunk to distinguish a mineral specimen from a neglected fragment of bathroom tile. Nykerria became brandtited and delivered the ashtray a lecture on monoclinic structure. brandwagonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to join whatever fashionable enthusiasm has most recently acquired a logo. Lajeanna was brandwagonned and declared the pub’s coasters the movement of the season. brandwashed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake repeated advertising for a personal conviction. Najala became brandwashed and defended the brewery’s slogan as though it were inherited wisdom. brandwidthed adj. Having drunk more than the market share of the conversation can reasonably sustain. Faithann was brandwidthed, making the pub’s obscure cider the evening’s dominant cultural force. brandy balled adj. You are drunk and hardening into a peppermint sweet, with a soft centre of poor judgement. Lacreasha was brandy balled, circling the dance floor with the determination of a boiled sweet. brandy bottled adj. Of a drinker who has drunk himself into a yellow waterlily, floating serenely above the consequences. Tadesha was brandy bottled, serene among the glasses and entirely detached from the table.