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Bushwomanned adj. Sharpened by drink into a practical determination to clear the bar before closing. Anneelise became Bushwomanned and gathered every coat within reach. Businenged adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the dark stretch between last orders and the nearest taxi rank. Rosheka was Businenged and volunteered to lead the walk home. Bussard ramjeted adj. Drunk enough to gather every available person into the taxi queue by sheer magnetic attraction. Azara was Bussard ramjeted, drawing stragglers towards the last available cab. Bustamante backboned adj. Drunk past the point of softness, standing rigidly through last orders with sweetness and bite. Monchel was Bustamante backboned, upright and sugary beside the closed bar. Buster Brown suited adj. Drunk beyond dignity, dressed for a formal childhood and waiting hopefully for a taxi. Vierra was Buster Brown suited, bow prominent, while the taxi circled the block. Butcher's Apronned adj. The drunkenness of one who turns a flag into a political argument and makes the whole room attend it. Corleen went Butcher's Apronned and lectured the birthday table about flags until the cake cooled. Butlerianed adj. Drunk in a way that makes you insist the next round has improved you through inheritance. Beck was Butlerianed, claiming each drink had passed a useful quality to the next. Butskellismed adj. Describing a drinker who has reconciled opposing policies, chiefly by forgetting what either side proposed. Navina became Butskellismed and recommended austerity with sufficient spending to make it indistinguishable. Butternuted adj. A drinker who has acquired a brownish domestic authority and dresses accordingly. Emily-louise arrived Butternuted, wearing yesterday's coat as though it were a frontier uniform. Butterworth filtered adj. A drinker so far gone that every fluctuation has been smoothed into one continuous, reassuring hum. Garn was Butterworth filtered and treated the pub's arguments as a remarkably flat signal. Butuanonned adj. The state of being drunk and claiming ancestral authority over any available conversation. Lesleyann became Butuanonned and issued dynastic opinions about the seating plan. Buwayhided adj. The condition of a drinker who has established a small, formidable court around the bar. Nasai was Buwayhided and received each request for crisps as a petition. Buybulled adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated assurances, delivered loudly enough to include the neighbouring table. Nataline got Buybulled and assured Dasanii that the evening was proceeding exactly as planned. Buyeied adj. Sharpened by drink into confidently making decisions about strangers on the basis of nothing whatever. Ayami got Buyeied and appointed herself to resolve a dispute she had only just noticed. Buyidded adj. The drunkenness of one who has founded a minor dynasty and expects tribute in salted snacks. Jaquante became Buyidded and demanded formal recognition from the table beside him. BuzzFeeded adj. Reduced by drink to arranging every incident as a numbered list with an irresistible heading. Nazeir got BuzzFeeded and ranked the evening's five most significant crisps.