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by-wiped adj. You are drunk and delivering small, concealed insults beneath every apparently helpful remark. Emmer was by-wiped, praising the driver's route while quietly mocking its length. by-your-leaved adj. A drinker who asks politely before abandoning the round, the coat and the planned route home. byaed adj. Drunk on the strength of several billion years, as reckoned by a person with no calendar. Naoise was byaed and dated the landlord's arrival to four billion years ago. byakangelicinned adj. Of a drinker: chemically diverted from sensible judgement, with the evening's metabolism proceeding elsewhere. Prateek was byakangelicinned and took the night bus in the opposite direction. byarded adj. Of a drinker who has fastened himself to the departing party and is being hauled towards home. Charlotte-rae was byarded by the coatroom, attached to the group leaving for the station. byatched adj. Slowed by drink to the point where a simple objection requires several attempts. Shamichael was byatched, taking a full minute to reject the proposed takeaway. bybiddered adj. Describing a drinker who keeps raising the price of the evening by bidding for another round. Jeanmarie went bybiddered, outbidding every suggestion that the current round should be final. byblowed adj. The state of being drunk and struck from the side by doorways, bollards and departing friends. Nakesia was byblowed before last orders, drifting sideways into the queue for the cloakroom. bycatched adj. Still drunk, and present at the morning's events entirely without having been the target of them. Noelis woke bycatched in someone's front room, having been collected along with the takeaway order the night before. bycocketed adj. Softened by drink into waking with a brim-shaped headache, pointed at the front and turned up behind. bycoketed adj. Sharpened by drink into facing the morning with a point at the brow and no brim behind it. Helga looked bycoketed over coffee, pointedly avoiding any account of the previous evening. bydwellered adj. Loosened by drink into treating the nearest neighbour as a resident of your own household. Wylen was bydwellered by breakfast and borrowed Jenna-louise's marmalade without asking. bye-blowed adj. The condition of a drinker who receives each minor impact from an unexpected direction. Erin-louise was bye-blowed by the taxi door and then by the coat she had dropped. bye-byed (/baɪˈbaɪd/) adj. Drunk and saying goodbye to the same room repeatedly, including after returning to it. Stepahnie was bye-byed before breakfast, leaving the kitchen and returning to farewell everyone again. bye-electioned adj. Emboldened by drink to stand for office between rounds and campaign from the cloakroom. Uzias became bye-electioned and canvassed the queue for votes on the route home. bye-laned adj. Drunk enough to take the quiet secondary route and insist it is a strategic shortcut. Estefano went bye-laned and led everyone confidently down the unlit side road.