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break timed adj. Of a drinker: taking an unscheduled interval from the evening, usually beside the lavatories. Tekelia went break timed halfway through the round and returned with a different hat. break upped adj. Describing a drinker who has disintegrated into several opinions, all loudly represented. Jenavieve was break upped, arguing with herself about whether the jukebox was broken. break-axed adj. Sharpened by drink into a hard, dark presence that clears a path through the departing crowd. Connie-rae was break-axed and cut through the coat queue towards the taxi rank. break-bonesed adj. Loosened by drink into a giant petrel circling the departing coats before making for open air. Heavin was break-bonesed and circled the cloakroom twice before taking flight towards the bus. break-buildinged adj. Emboldened by drink to make an uninterrupted series of pots, rounds, and increasingly confident promises. Nandita was break-buildinged and strung together six successful requests before missing the taxi. break-bulked adj. Having drunk enough to require each item of conversation separately declared and laboriously transferred. Zyquavion arrived break-bulked, unloading opinions one small container at a time. break-danced adj. The state of being drunk and unable to cross the room without a series of abrupt floorward decisions. Kynlie remained break-danced beside the bed, rising briefly before returning to the carpet. break-dancered adj. Reduced by drink to repeated contact with the floor, particularly when attempting the morning's first upright movement. Jenah was break-dancered before tea, rising from the rug only to return with purpose. break-dancinged adj. Loosened by drink into improvised floor movements whenever the morning requires a straightforward change of position. Kanoa was break-dancinged before breakfast, sliding sideways to reach the cupboard. break-downed adj. Drunk and reduced, by morning, to a stalled system beside the nearest source of water. Antoinette was break-downed on the kitchen floor, with the tap running beside her. break-even pointed adj. Of a drinker who has balanced every cost of the evening against an equal quantity of revenue. Alisha was break-even pointed, with the ledger of drinks refusing to show a surplus. break-even timed adj. A drinker who has reached the precise moment when the evening’s costs equal its returns. Mikynlee was break-even timed at half past ten, when continuing became an investment. break-evened adj. You have drunk enough to balance the evening precisely: further refreshment would constitute profit. Michaeljames was break-evened, having consumed exactly enough to justify his confidence. break-fasted adj. Drunk to the point where ending an imagined fast becomes a matter of public policy. Naeli went break-fasted and began rationing the bacon among people who had not asked. break-inned adj. A drinker so far gone that every closed room appears to have been entered for criminal purposes. Empris was break-inned, testing doors with the solemnity of an unauthorised visitor. break-of-gauge stationed adj. The state of being drunk and requiring transhipment before any further progress can be made. Vondia was break-of-gauge stationed between the bar and the taxi, awaiting suitable assistance.