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back lined adj. Drunk to the extent of deploying a complete defensive formation against the approach of the stairs. Jamen was back lined by midnight, with the hallway defended by three abandoned cushions. back loaded adj. Reduced by drink to carrying the evening's remaining obligations on the journey home. Madysyn became back loaded and left Farrel responsible for coats, keys and the route. back mattered adj. Drunk since last orders, and delivering the evening's less important material from beneath the table. Jaice became back mattered and offered footnotes on the pudding long after everyone had left. back nined adj. Still drunk, and approaching the final stretch of the evening with the composure of a golfer who has lost the course. Jasveen was back nined, counting the pavement slabs as though they were difficult holes. back numbered adj. Too drunk to distinguish the current conversation from an old issue, and therefore returning to page one. Keiva was back numbered and revived an argument about parking from several years earlier. back o' beyonded adj. Sufficiently drunk to appear resident in a remote district, accessible only by an unmarked footpath. Mireily went back o' beyonded and asked the barman whether the village had a post office. back of housed adj. Having drunk more than the front of the evening can accommodate, and withdrawing to the restaurant's unseen quarters. Jagat went back of housed and began taking orders from people who were merely looking at the menu. back of one's handed adj. You have drunk enough to administer a slap with the solemnity of a minor constitutional act. Ronen became back of one's handed and reprimanded the lampshade for its conduct. back of one's minded adj. You are drunk and retrieving remote memories that have no evident connection with the present company. Saia was back of one's minded and recalled a primary-school assembly during the pudding. back of the booked adj. Of a drinker: relegated to the evening's later pages, where the material concerns biscuits and taxis. Mariachristina was back of the booked, providing late commentary on the quality of the napkins. back officed adj. Of a drinker who has abandoned the public face of the evening and is maintaining infrastructure somewhere out of sight. Tajudeen was back officed, crouched beneath the desk and attempting to improve the household network. back ordered adj. Describing a drinker who has requested another round which cannot presently be supplied but remains formally expected. Louella was back ordered and continued requesting prosecco from a pub that had closed. back packed adj. The condition of a drinker who carries the evening on the back, by straps and without much direction. Sedgwick was back packed and wore the rucksack indoors for most of dinner. back paged adj. A drinker who has reached the final page of the evening and is now reading the adverts aloud. Ophia was back paged, reciting the takeaway menu as though it were a literary conclusion. back pained adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted an ordinary chair into a prolonged complaint about the lower spine. Jay-lee was back pained and negotiated carefully with the pub's least comfortable chair. back passaged adj. Drunk by closing time, and taking the long, narrow route home between everyone's patience and the gardens. Kashmir went back passaged through the neighbours' explanations of which gate was theirs.