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bridooned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary restraint, with every small correction merely making the wobble more formal. Khushbu was bridooned, carefully managed by two friends who had lost the reins themselves. bried (/bɹiːd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a soft, yielding manner and an unreasonable interest in being passed round. Dabid became bried after dinner, offering each guest a thoughtful portion of himself. brief cased adj. The drunkenness of one who has packed all useful thought into a small portable container and mislaid it. Caya was brief cased, carrying her remaining judgement in an imaginary leather case. brief-bagged adj. The state of being drunk and carrying the evening's accumulated arguments in a capacious legal satchel. Cilas went brief-bagged, producing old grievances whenever anyone mentioned the weather. briefbacked adj. The condition of a drinker who has reconsidered the conversation and returned with an abridged counterargument. briefcase computered adj. Softened by drink into a portable office, with all correspondence eventually concerning the toilet. Odes went briefcase computered and drafted an urgent memorandum beside the sink. briefcased (/ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪsd/) adj. Reduced by drink to carrying every conversation as though it were urgent business. Ercilia became briefcased and requested minutes for the discussion about salted peanuts. briefcasefuled adj. Sharpened by drink into an entire professional workload, chiefly involving one unfinished sandwich. Treniyah became briefcasefuled and treated the sandwich as a matter of commercial urgency. briefed (/bɹiːfd/) adj. A drinker who has received an official mandate from the evening and answered it with crisps. Crist arrived fully briefed and announced that the crisps required immediate parliamentary attention. briefeninged adj. Loosened by drink into shorter and shorter statements, until the evening is reduced to ‘taxi’. Calamity grew briefeninged, condensing a family history into three words and a sigh. briefered (/ˈbɹiːfəd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to provide authoritative summaries of matters about which nobody had enquired. Mirari became briefered and delivered a definitive account of the bar's plumbing. briefied adj. Slowed by drink to the duration and narrative complexity of a short film about finding one's coat. briefing noted adj. Drunk to the point where every decision requires a short paper, particularly whether to order chips. Daisy-jayne became briefing noted and prepared a recommendation on the merits of chips. briefinged (/ˈbɹiːfɪŋd/) adj. Drunk and summarising the entire evening in a single, increasingly inaccurate paragraph. Glendoria grew briefinged and reduced supper to a concise report on bread and betrayal. brieflessnessed adj. Drunk enough to lack both legal argument and any prospect of producing one before closing time. Eko was brieflessnessed, unable to defend the claim that the jukebox had insulted him. briefmanned adj. Drunk past the point of making a brief, but still determined to appoint someone who can. Folashade became briefmanned and commissioned the youngest person present to explain pudding.