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breathplayed adj. The drunkenness of one who has made oxygen management an unnecessarily elaborate part of standing up. Carly-rose was breathplayed, pausing theatrically before attempting the final three stairs. breathprinted adj. Reduced by drink to leaving a personal chemical signature on every glass, window, and conversation. Jeran was breathprinted, and the barman identified the previous round without checking the till. breathprintinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and leaving an identifying vapour trail between the bar and the cloakroom. Dmarko went breathprintinged after the third round and was recognised by the fogged glass. breathtakered adj. Drunk by closing time, and making every attempt to leave the coat stand without taking breath. Ceila was breathtakered by last orders and found the coat stand genuinely astounding. breathtakingnessed adj. Still drunk, and treating the short walk home as an event of considerable grandeur. Arson remained breathtakingnessed, pausing beneath each streetlamp on the way home. breathworked adj. Too drunk to control your breathing rhythm while explaining why one more round is therapeutic. Zadok was breathworked by midnight, inhaling carefully before requesting another lager. brebaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to return in spring, unexpectedly, for the fruit of last year's decisions. Amberle came brebaed to the pub, producing last year's unfinished plans over supper. brecanavired adj. Having drunk enough to inhibit every remaining plan, including the proposed treatment of the evening's final round. Kamiryn became brecanavired before last orders and abandoned the carefully arranged taxi. brecciaed (/ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)əd/) adj. Having drunk more than the components could bear, and now held together by unrelated fragments of conversation. Berfin was brecciaed by closing time, assembling directions home from several unrelated remarks. brecciationed adj. You have drunk enough to form angular fragments of conversation whenever the evening suffers an external shock. Quennie became brecciationed when last orders were called and replied in sharp fragments. bred adj. A drinker so far gone that every route, conversation, and coat-check ends at a bedroom. Evann was bred by the fourth round and asked the taxi driver to take him upstairs. breddaed adj. You are drunk and addressing every stranger as a brother during the journey home. Shayleah went breddaed after last orders and recruited the doorman as family. bredded (/bɹɛdd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to jerk awake and blame the furniture for the movement. Jauan got bredded and blamed the shelf after a sudden breakfast-time lurch. breddered adj. Of a drinker: treating the entire queue for coats as a close friend and associate. Achaia was breddered by closing time, exchanging warm farewells with the whole cloakroom queue. brede-stitched adj. A drinker who has made each account of the evening match on both sides, despite the gaps. Kinganthony was brede-stitched, giving matching explanations for the vanished umbrella. breded adj. Of a drinker who has embroidered the account of every round beyond recognition. Tavie was breded by last orders, adding decorative detail to a perfectly ordinary pub visit.