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bystreeted adj. Emboldened by drink to take the back way home and call it local knowledge. Britain grew bystreeted and marched confidently down a lane with no pavement. bystrited adj. Slowed by drink to a mineral pace, requiring several minutes to complete the short journey to the toilets. Marquie became bystrited between the bar and the lavatory, moving with geological care. bystrowianided adj. Drunk and resembling something ancient that has survived chiefly by remaining very still. Advik stood bystrowianided beside the radiator until somebody arranged a taxi. bytalked adj. Drunk to the point where incidental conversation becomes the principal business of the evening. Brailey got bytalked and discussed the weather with three people waiting for the toilets. byte coded adj. A drinker who treats every conversation as an instruction set, efficiently interpreted, then compiled into a kebab order. Duveen went byte coded and issued precise commands to the waiter, none concerning food. byte order marked adj. Drunk beyond the point where every utterance bears a clear indication of which end it began at. Havish became byte order marked, announcing the start and finish of each story. byte ordered adj. Drunk past the point of deciding whether events should be read from the large end or the small. Henritta got byte ordered and rearranged the crisps according to size. byte-order marked adj. Softened by drink into sending every message with a preferred direction, regardless of who reads it. bytecoded adj. A drinker so far gone that every remark arrives as executable code, but runs only towards the lavatory. Vergia became bytecoded and attempted to compile a toast before forgetting its subject. byted (/baɪtd/) adj. Drunk enough to reduce every decision to a small, manageable unit, then lose one. Teri-lynn became byted and ordered each component of the meal separately. bytered adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a compact unit of data, chiefly concerned with crisps. Cristos sat by the router, thoroughly bytered, and requested the smallest available snack. bytestringed adj. The condition of a drinker who has abandoned variable-length expression for one continuous, undecipherable utterance. Karlyee became bytestringed and addressed the entire table without once varying her volume. bythitided adj. The drunkenness of one who lurks beneath the conversation, pale and eel-like, until someone mentions taxis. Tekiya grew bythitided beneath the dinner table and surfaced only to request the bill. bythograeided adj. Reduced by drink to a deep-sea creature of obscure affiliation, briefly animated by the arrival of chips. Hibbard was bythograeided beneath the pub table, where the crisps eventually restored movement. bytimed adj. Softened by drink into an unstructured period of leisure, during which putting on shoes becomes optional. Brasi went bytimed after lunch and spent the afternoon regarding his coat with quiet distrust. bytowned adj. Sharpened by drink into a subordinate town, with one resident and an urgent opinion about parking. Ezekeil became bytowned and appointed himself mayor of the smoking area.