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break-offed adj. The condition of a drinker who has separated from the conversation without noticing the separation. Noyes became break-offed halfway through the toast and resumed elsewhere. break-promised adj. Reduced by drink to an unreliable witness whose assurances have already separated from reality. Suleika was break-promised, agreeing to return the keys despite having misplaced them. break-upped adj. A drinker who has divided the table into factions and is chairing both sides. Bono became break-upped and appointed opposing teams for a dispute about pies. break-uppered adj. Softened by drink into a person who ends every attachment before finishing the sentence. Joby became break-uppered and dismissed the relationship during the starter. break-vowed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who makes solemn promises chiefly to invalidate them. break-winded adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a windbreak for the smokers and their opinions. Aliyaah was break-winded beside the doorway, shielding everyone from the draught. breakabilitied adj. Loosened by drink into a condition in which every object, resolve and arrangement seems readily breakable. Verilea was breakabilitied, handling the glassware as though it had offended her personally. breakabled (/ˈbɹeɪkəbəld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to handle fragile objects with an optimism unsupported by evidence. Aneka was breakabled and volunteered to carry the entire tray through the narrow doorway. breakablenessed adj. Slowed by drink to the condition in which the possibility of damage governs every movement. Helal was breakablenessed, moving each glass as though it were historical. breakaged (/ˈbɹeɪkɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Softened by drink into a sequence of small, separately attributable accidents around the pub. Brylei got breakaged and accounted for each overturned glass as an independent incident. breakaway glassed adj. Drunk enough to treat every fragile surface as temporary and every impact as ceremonial. Dashea was breakaway glassed, tapping the tumblers to determine which would surrender first. breakawayed (/ˈbɹeɪkəweɪd/) adj. Drunk to the point where you have escaped the conversation, the group and eventually your own intentions. Inetta became breakawayed and departed through the garden before anyone had proposed leaving. breakbeated adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining a steady rhythm, yet determined to impose one on everyone else. Ferrari was breakbeated, clapping across the music with scholarly confidence. breakbone fevered adj. Of a drinker who has reached the stage at which every joint in the body files a separate complaint with management. Junia was breakbone fevered by the time she found the coat rack, every limb lodging its own objection. breakboned adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which bodily joints are regarded as continuing obligations. Aryssa was breakboned, folding into the armchair with unusual disregard for anatomy. breakbuildered adj. Drunk, with the result that every successful remark is interrupted before it can be properly completed. Anihya was breakbuildered, assembling anecdotes from brief and repeatedly abandoned contributions.