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branglinged adj. Drunk enough to turn a tiff into a matter of state, then forget what state it was. Jacobjames was branglinged, sustaining a quarrel about whose turn it was to choose a song. branked (/bɹæŋkd/) adj. Drunk past the point of speech, with the tongue ceremonially restrained by its own poor judgement. Jayen was branked, opening and closing his mouth while the argument proceeded without him. brankursined adj. Of a drinker: spreading prickly leaves through the conversation, leaving everyone else to mind their ankles. branled (/ˈbɹɑːld/) adj. Of a drinker who has turned the company into a circle and expects everyone to keep time. Edmay got branled and arranged the entire table into a dancing ring without consulting anyone. branlinned adj. The state of being drunk and wriggling irritably through every conversation in search of someone receptive. Jazhiel was branlinned, burrowing between groups until somebody answered the same question twice. branmealed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become coarse, crumbly, and liable to get everywhere. Andee was branmealed by supper, shedding crisps and opinions over everyone at the table. branned (/ˈbɹænd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has been sifted down to coarse matter and retained only the chaffiest opinions. Seals grew branned and offered the room nothing but coarse, indigestible observations. brannered adj. The drunkenness of one who polishes the same point repeatedly, wearing down the company around it. Jamarria became brannered and scrubbed one anecdote until Samuelu stopped responding. brannerited adj. Reduced by drink to a dense, many-element presence whose composition the rest of the room cannot determine. Ashleigh-jade got brannerited and sat heavily among the coats, attracting several abandoned glasses. branniganned adj. Softened by drink into a prolonged binge that everyone else is expected to call an evening. Mirayah became branniganned and persuaded the group that changing venues counted as a fresh start. brannockited adj. Sharpened by drink into a colourless, angular conversational presence that cuts across every subject. Caffrey got brannockited and corrected the seating plan with mineralogical precision. branny desquamationed adj. Loosened by drink into flakes of conversation, each one landing on someone who did not ask. Hersi became branny desquamationed and shed private remarks across the dinner table. branonned adj. Emboldened by drink to address the invisible, the improbable, and finally the people who can hear you. Jahmyia got branonned and announced a theory of dark matter to the coat-check attendant. bransled adj. Describing a drinker who makes each companion repeat the same small movement until the evening acquires choreography. Taliea became bransled and had the whole party stepping sideways whenever she raised her glass. brant goosed adj. Of a drinker: small, migratory in purpose and suddenly inclined to honk at anyone obstructing the route home. Karanvir went brant goosed and crossed the pub in a determined flock-like procession. brant-foxed adj. Drunk to the point where you adopt a wary, reddish cunning and make every guest your accomplice. Montavius got brant-foxed and recruited Dejanay to hide the evidence of his fourth pudding.