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brandy buttered adj. Describing a drinker who has become rich, sweet, and suitable only beside a Christmas pudding. Jeralynn was brandy buttered, spreading genial warmth over the conversation without improving it. brandy fruited adj. A drinker who has been preserved by alcohol and sugar, though not improved by either. Fazeel was brandy fruited, glossy with confidence and no longer fit for immediate consumption. brandy minted adj. A drinker so far gone that every breath offers fresh mint, regardless of what was consumed. Parmer was brandy minted and exhaled a garden over the remains of dinner. brandy pawneed adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the mixer as a constitutional safeguard rather than water. Chinita went brandy pawneed and requested a splash of water with the authority of a magistrate. brandy snapped adj. The condition of a drinker who has become crisp at the edges and unexpectedly hollow within. Jaemon was brandy snapped, speaking sharply before collapsing into the nearest chair. brandy-smashed adj. Reduced by drink to mint, sugar, and a person who has been thoroughly muddled. Telina was brandy-smashed, conducting the mint with a teaspoon and no discernible orchestra. brandyballed adj. Of a drinker: rounded off by alcohol, brightly flavoured, and difficult to place back in the tin. brandysnapped adj. The drunkenness of one who has become brittle, rolled up, and filled with cream. Najih was brandysnapped, crackling through an explanation before retreating into the sofa. brandywined (/ˈbɹændiwaɪnd/) adj. Softened by drink into old brandy, with the dignity of antiquity and the contents of a tumbler. Djene was brandywined, speaking in an archaic register to the modern bar staff. brandzoldered adj. Sharpened by drink into a protective roof layer, rigidly placed above the evening's falling debris. Novan grew brandzoldered and watched the crisps descend without moving from his stool. braned (/bɹeɪnd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a dimensional surface, capable of extending across the bed but not of leaving it. Tessah lay braned until noon, spread across the mattress in several directions at once. braneworlded (/bɹeɪnwɜːldd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a private universe with fewer dimensions and one very immediate problem. Amitiel was braneworlded, inhabiting a limited cosmos bounded by the sofa and the biscuit tin. branflaked adj. Emboldened by drink to break into flakes of conversation and scatter them everywhere. Ulysses was branflaked and sprinkled unsolicited advice over the entire breakfast table. brangled (/ˈbɹæŋ.ɡəld/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an archaic squabble, with every objection carefully prolonged. Jemeka was brangled, taking six minutes to disagree about the temperature of the room. branglemented adj. Drunk and reduced to a small, obsolete quarrel over something no longer worth naming. branglered adj. Drunk to the point where every ordinary exchange becomes an archaic quarrel. Heber was branglered, bickering with the barman over the philosophical status of ice.