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Bukovinianed adj. Of a drinker: claiming the quiet corner as home territory and resenting subsequent visitors. Camarii became Bukovinianed and regarded the corner booth as a private residence. Bukusued adj. Of a drinker who has appointed the entire bar a trusted circle and begun sharing confidential nonsense. Judiann was Bukusued by ten, telling the barman secrets that belonged to nobody. Bukvitsaed adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced conversation to a venerable alphabet of emphatic gestures. Reshawna went Bukvitsaed and communicated with nods, taps, and one repeated raised thumb. Bulam fevered adj. A drinker who has turned yellow about the gills and is taking the air by the fruit machine. Neshama was Bulam fevered and stood quietly beside the fruit machine, awaiting fresh colour. Bulgar leathered adj. Reduced by drink to a durable, darkly polished presence at the end of the bar. Leiyana was Bulgar leathered, glossy with stout and impervious to suggestions of home. Bulgared (/ˈbʌlɡɑːd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has travelled conversationally from one table to another without leaving the room. Imanee went Bulgared and visited every table with the same opening remark. Bulgarian Hounded adj. Loosened by drink into a keen-nosed pursuit of dropped crisps and unattended bar snacks. Marqueisha went Bulgarian Hounded and tracked a fallen pork scratching beneath three stools. Bulgarian saladed adj. Emboldened by drink to combine whatever remains on the table and call it supper. Picola became Bulgarian saladed and assembled olives, crisps, and cheese into a convincing supper. Bulgarian split squatted adj. Slowed by drink to lowering oneself carefully, one leg forward and the other abandoned on a stool. Tyreeka went Bulgarian split squatted while retrieving a pound from beneath the table. Bulgarianed (/bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ənd/) adj. Softened by drink into something pliable enough to agree that another round is sensible. Tandre was Bulgarianed and accepted another round despite having announced the last one. Bulgariannessed adj. Drunk and possessed of a sudden, indefinable national certainty about how the pub should be run. Abdulahi was Bulgariannessed and rearranged the bar snacks according to principles known only to him. Bulgarismed adj. Drunk to the point where every casual preference becomes a national question. Jemir went Bulgarismed and treated the choice of crisps as a matter of state. Bulgaristed adj. Drunk enough to turn a harmless preference for one lager into a public campaign. Jonathan became Bulgaristed and canvassed the snug for support for his preferred lager. Bulgaristicsed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation and into a detailed study of the bar's Bulgarian vocabulary. Dariyana went Bulgaristicsed and annotated the menu with observations nobody had requested. Bulgarophoned adj. Drunk beyond the limits of the conversation, speaking fluently to the barmaid in a language she does not share. Savoy became Bulgarophoned and delivered a fluent speech to the barmaid about closing time. Bulged adj. Sharpened by drink into a clipped abbreviation of every sentence and every intention. Koban went Bulged and reduced his order to brisk initials and a pointing finger.