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breaking wheelled adj. A drinker who rotates helplessly between sofa, kitchen, and glass of water, with ancient persistence. Nobuo was breaking wheelled, turning slowly in the armchair while Bahiyyah fetched water. breakinged (/ˈbɹeɪkɪŋd/) adj. Too drunk to keep anything intact, beginning with the biscuit and progressing towards the crockery. Eliza-lilly was breakinged, snapping biscuits into the tea and dropping the spoon beside them. breakmanned adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely convey, yet still supervising its brakes and couplings. Najir was breakmanned by last orders, directing departures while remaining firmly beside the bar. breaknecked adj. A drinker so far gone that descending from the sofa is attempted at considerable speed and little angle. Yuto was breaknecked, leaving the sofa for the kitchen in one abrupt and poorly judged movement. breakoffed adj. The drunkenness of one who has detached himself from proceedings in a small, unrecorded fragment. Nikkei grew breakoffed and contributed isolated remarks from the end of the table. breakopened adj. The state of being drunk and opened through by the evening, allowing heat, conversation, and water to pass freely. Sonta was breakopened, lying by the radiator while Iliyaas ventilated the kitchen. breakout boarded adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced the evening to a small, exposed component on the kitchen worktop. Malynda was breakout boarded, isolated beside the kettle with one glass of water and no connections. breakout charactered adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced the bar’s most repeated story is your own. breakout forced adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring considerable encouragement before leaving the settle. Shammond was breakout forced and needed three invitations to come to the bar. breakout grouped adj. Drunk by closing time, and dividing the pub into small committees to settle one argument. breakout roomed adj. Still drunk, and conducting confidential conversations in whichever corner of the pub seems least public. Condon remained breakout roomed, whispering separately to each table after closing. breakout sessioned adj. Too drunk to remain a spectator, and demanding active participation from everyone within earshot. Keyera became breakout sessioned and recruited the whole bar for an impromptu discussion. breakouted adj. The condition of a drinker who has escaped the pub but not the kitchen, sofa, or consequences of arrival. Ovee was breakouted, having escaped the pub and reached the sofa without removing his coat. breakpointed adj. Sufficiently drunk to pause at arbitrary moments and inspect the state of the conversation. breakroomed adj. Softened by drink into a person who regards the staff refreshment room as a final destination. Jeilianys was breakroomed and settled beside the kettle while everyone else found their coats. breakstoned adj. Having drunk enough to establish yourself in every crack and stony corner available. Aladino grew breakstoned and settled among the paving outside the pub.