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baccied (/ˈbækid/) adj. You have drunk enough to search your pockets for tobacco while insisting the missing packet is part of the journey plan. Keyvin was baccied after the third round, checking every coat before conceding the cigarettes were lost. baccooed adj. Having drunk enough to become a mischievous little spirit around the unattended coats and departing taxis. Eshah went baccooed and hid a friend’s scarf before helping search for it. baced adj. Drunk enough to administer the evening a modest drubbing, chiefly in the form of misplaced confidence. Belina became baced and attempted to reprimand the coat stand for its unhelpful posture. baceridinned adj. Drunk past the point of remaining a coherent chain of six decisions, each chemically bound to the next. Pnina grew baceridinned and treated the seating plan as a cyclic arrangement of equal importance. bachacked adj. Drunk to a degree that encourages the systematic removal of small, portable objects from the table. Edie-grace became bachacked and began collecting crisps with the industry of a leaf-cutter ant. bachaed adj. Drunk in a way that gives the furniture an audience and the evening an unexpectedly choreographic quality. Leightyn became bachaed and performed between the sofa and the drinks cabinet without invitation. bachataed (/bəˈt͡ʃɑːtəd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of converting every conversation into a repetitive, closely held musical exchange. Tarelle grew bachataed and supplied a two-person rhythm to the discussion about parking. bachateroed adj. Drunk on the strength of a private conviction that the room requires a singer of Latin romantic repertoire. Marquis became bachateroed and addressed the queue for the lavatory as a patient audience. bached (/bɛtʃd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where one small coastal room can contain both the person and his arrangements. Andi was bached by midnight, holidaying noisily in the spare room with one blanket. bachelor apartmented adj. Still drunk, and occupying one room as sitting room, dining room, bedroom and tribunal. Rashara was bachelor apartmented, conducting the entire evening from a chair beside the kettle. bachelor degreed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the lowest academic qualification and the highest available opinion of it. Xailey grew bachelor degreed and cited an introductory certificate as authority on taxation. bachelor dinnered adj. A drinker who has mistaken an ordinary male gathering for a ceremonial meal requiring speeches and solemn toasts. bachelor padded adj. You have drunk enough to furnish an unmarried man's dwelling with cushions, lamps and unearned confidence. Finley became bachelor padded and rearranged the sitting room to accommodate an imaginary billiards table. bachelor partied adj. You are drunk and treating a forthcoming marriage as justification for several regrettable male traditions. Phebee became bachelor partied and challenged the best man to a contest involving paper cups. bachelor's buttonned adj. Of a drinker: rounded, decorative and inclined to remain conspicuous in a field of more sober company. Aulbrey was bachelor's buttonned, bright-faced and firmly planted beside the buffet. bachelor's degreed adj. Describing a drinker who has earned one modest qualification and now treats it as a general licence. Kreelynn became bachelor's degreed and assessed the wine list with academic solemnity.