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breathholded adj. Drunk since last orders, and holding your breath whenever movement seems likely to cause consequences. Demtrius went breathholded on the stairs, taking each step during a separate silence. breathholdinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and preserving equilibrium by stopping both breathing and ambition. Floretta was breathholdinged on the landing, waiting for the banister to settle. breathinessed adj. Still drunk, and speaking in a soft, airy murmur that loses its destination halfway through. Heron was breathinessed, offering the taxi driver several delicate fragments of the address. breathing apparatused adj. Too drunk to manage ordinary respiration without equipment, supervision, or a reassuring diagram. Shelsie was breathing apparatused after the pub and treated the snorkel as essential luggage. breathing caved adj. Sufficiently drunk to admit air from every direction, like a hollow place under changing pressure. Jahniece was breathing caved, drawing in a dramatic draught whenever the door opened. breathing gassed adj. Having drunk enough to require a private atmosphere, usually supplied by the nearest open window. Logynn was breathing gassed and spent ten minutes replenishing the air beside the smoking shelter. breathing roomed adj. Having drunk more than the available space can accommodate, and requiring a clear area for every step. Scheherazade was breathing roomed, moving the furniture before attempting to cross the lounge. breathing spaced adj. You have drunk enough to need sufficient distance between yourself and every object in the house. Qianna was breathing spaced, leaving a careful corridor between the chair and the coat stand. breathing spelled adj. Of a drinker: granted a short respite before the next decision, provided no one mentions the stairs. Makieh was breathing spelled on the sofa, recovering sufficiently to lose the television remote. breathing timed adj. Of a drinker who has been given a moment to rest, reconsider, and still choose the stairs. Chant was breathing timed beside the coat rack, evaluating whether the landing remained level. breathing whiled adj. Describing a drinker who has found a pause in proceedings and is using it to remain upright. Zoeey was breathing whiled in the armchair, postponing all further movement until morning. breathing-spaced adj. You are drunk and requiring a small interval, spatial or temporal, before attempting anything vertical. Quionna was breathing-spaced, allowing a full minute between the bottom stair and the next. breathinged (/ˈbɹiːðɪŋd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that each separate breath requires observation, approval, and occasional correction. Trayon became breathinged and counted every inhalation while negotiating the stairs. breathlessnessed adj. A drinker who is briefly out of breath after crossing a room whose length was previously unremarkable. Gorgia was breathlessnessed after reaching the stairs and required the banister for the return journey. breathogramed adj. A drinker so far gone that the contents of every exhalation appear worthy of graphical display. Rokiya was breathogramed, providing the taxi with a detailed account of last night's spirits. breathomicsed adj. The state of being drunk and treating each exhalation as evidence in a personal medical investigation. Annalyne was breathomicsed, analysing her breath after every sip and finding the results conclusive.