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bylaw officered adj. Too drunk to obey municipal rules, but confident enough to enforce them on passing strangers. Davone went bylaw officered and questioned a cyclist about the width of his bell. bylawed (/ˈbaɪ.lɔːd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating an improvised pub rule as settled civic practice. Tirelle became bylawed and refused to let anyone leave without signing the guest book. byleed adj. Sufficiently drunk to choose the slower two-wheeled conveyance and call it superior transport. Tyrod became byleed and attempted to summon an ox cart for the journey home. bylinaed (/bəˈliːnəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to turn a simple anecdote into an East Slavic oral epic. Trejaun went bylinaed and gave the bartender a heroic account of finding his lost glove. bylined (/ˈbaɪlaɪnd/) adj. Of a drinker: claiming authorship of the evening's decisions, particularly the regrettable ones. Amyna went bylined and put her name to the decision to walk home through the park. bylinered adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a passing opinion for publishable authority. Yazmin became bylinered and delivered signed reviews of every sandwich on the table. bylynaed adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warrants, and recasting a minor mishap as heroic tradition. Mercedeez became bylynaed and treated a dropped kebab as the fall of an ancient champion. bymattered adj. Describing a drinker who treats every trivial side incident as the main business. Elsee went bymattered and spent twenty minutes resolving an argument about a loose napkin. bymovirused adj. A drinker who spreads one confident but unverified idea through the room. bynamed adj. The state of being drunk and furnishing everyone present with an unnecessary secondary name. Lealer became bynamed and renamed the entire table after qualities they did not possess. bynedestinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has thickened into a malt-born certainty about every decision. Lillyin went bynedestinned and declared the shortest route home to be constitutionally correct. byobued adj. Drunk on the strength of treating the folding screen as a second room, and moving into it. Kowsar got byobued and put the clean glasses behind the screen for privacy. byocked adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced the black-and-white feather on the mantelpiece is watching. Charlotterose became byocked and tucked the ostrich feather carefully beside the kettle. byoed adj. Drunk and flowing nowhere quickly, particularly between the sofa and the kitchen. Bracelyn was byoed, making the same slow circuit past the fridge and back again. byotched adj. Drunk and quietly difficult, with no particular wish to explain the matter. Aavin was byotched and declined every sensible suggestion without elaboration. byoyomied adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking the allotted time for each move one kitchen tile at a time. Lash went byoyomied and spent the remaining evening deciding between the sofa and the spare room.