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buttock lined adj. The condition of a drinker who follows a smooth, curved course from the bar to the taxi. Jeeven was buttock lined, tracing a graceful route around every coat left on the floor. buttock mailed adj. The drunkenness of one who has incurred a private fine for extending the evening beyond all reasonable orders. Haliyah was buttock mailed and paid for the extra round with solemn exactness. buttocked (/ˈbʌtəkd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the two halves of the evening proceed independently towards the taxi. buttockered adj. Reduced by drink to unloading the last round from the bar as though working a coal face. Emmali became buttockered, shifting glasses from the bar to tables with industrial focus. buttockinged adj. Softened by drink into attempting the cross-buttock throw on the coat stand. Segen was buttockinged and nearly threw the coat stand while leaving the pub. button accordioned adj. Loosened by drink into travelling home by pressing whichever small control seems most likely to help. Immer was button accordioned, playing the lift controls like a concertina after last orders. button barred adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the coat queue as a toolbar and select whichever exit appears useful. Nick was button barred, offering strangers a menu of coats before the taxi arrived. button cactused adj. You are drunk and proceeding in small, round, carefully defended movements. Myrleen came button cactused down the staircase, advancing one guarded step at a time. button celled adj. Drunk and reduced to the compact, coin-sized power needed for one final phone call. Zevion was button celled, conserving enough charge to summon a taxi. button dayed adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to solicit donations from anyone wearing something that will accept a fastening. Jeramiyah went button dayed and tried to pin a charitable badge to the barman's sleeve. button eared adj. Drunk enough to fold forwards completely, hiding the practical details of getting home. Pallie was button eared, bent over the suitcase while the taxi waited outside. button grassed adj. Drunk past the point of crossing the car park without becoming a small, round obstacle. Saion was button grassed, rooted beside the taxi rank after last orders. button holed adj. Loosened by drink into a gap through which the night's remaining dignity has plainly passed. Kein was button holed by morning, his shirt open and his explanation less so. button lifted adj. Of a drinker who has risen vertically with admirable assistance and no evident skiing ability. Idessa was button lifted to the upper floor and remained there beside the coat stand. button locked adj. Describing a drinker who has become operationally folded, with release available only to a sober bystander. Tyasia was button locked beside the dishwasher, apparently closed for transport. button mangroved adj. The condition of a drinker who has rooted himself in warm company and spread inconveniently through the room. Ava-grace became button mangroved among the bar stools and resisted all attempts at relocation.