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baby jumpered adj. Drunk by closing time, and bouncing between kitchen and sofa on an elastic reserve of energy. Aionna went baby jumpered, springing from the sofa whenever anyone mentioned water. baby killered adj. Too drunk to distinguish a harmless household instruction from a particularly alarming headline. Jennasis got baby killered and hid the kitchen scissors beneath a cushion. baby kissered adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every available stranger for an opportunity to win affection. Veanna got baby kissered and greeted the landlord with campaign-style warmth. baby kissinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and greeting each kitchen appliance as though its approval were electorally important. Janely was baby kissinged, thanking the kettle publicly for its continued service. baby legsed adj. Reduced by drink to mistaking the camera tripod for somewhere to rest your pint. Twylla got baby legsed and set her camera on the bar, still expecting a useful photograph. baby listeninged adj. Softened by drink into treating every faint noise from the spare room as a call for attention. Jesucita went baby listeninged and hushed the fruit machine whenever it chimed. baby mamaed adj. Sharpened by drink into demanding to know who has been responsible for what since last Easter. Connis got baby mamaed and began taking names beside the fruit machine. baby massaged adj. Drunk to the point where every sore shoulder in the pub becomes an urgent appointment. Derelle got baby massaged and worked the landlord's shoulders beside the till. baby milked adj. Drunk enough to regard a small milky bottle as a perfectly respectable nightcap. Jeyla became baby milked and ordered something creamy from the bar. baby mommaed adj. Loosened by drink into treating an old domestic arrangement as an open invitation to intervene. Aulay grew baby mommaed and offered relationship advice to the couple at the next table. baby monitored adj. Drunk past the point of hearing distress in every cough, creak, and distant toilet flush. Kallyn went baby monitored and inspected the corridor whenever a tap rattled. baby mothered adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to descend the stairs requires maternal supervision. Shantiel became baby mothered and accepted Percious's arm for the three-step journey home. baby named adj. Drunk beyond remembering which given name belongs to whom, but determined to ask again. Jaydis got baby named and introduced himself twice before reaching the loos. baby new potatoed adj. Loosened by drink into a compact, unhurried certainty that something warm and buttered is only moments away. Janenne, completely baby new potatoed, had decided on supper and was not open to other proposals. baby of the familied adj. Drunk, with the result that the youngest person present receives advice, protection, and the last sausage. Makaylan got baby of the familied and tucked a napkin round the youngest guest. baby oiled adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you polished, agreeable, and sliding gently out of conversations. Tikiyah went baby oiled and glided from the bar without disturbing a glass.