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back scrubbered adj. Loosened by drink into someone who accepts practical assistance from strangers with surprising gratitude. Chioke went back scrubbered and asked Zamia to remove the crisps from his collar. back seated adj. Emboldened by drink to issue instructions from the rear while everyone else does the driving. Lizann became back seated and directed Deriona through streets she had never visited. back shelled adj. Of a drinker: enclosed from behind by coats, cables and the practical machinery of departure. Elmore was back shelled at the exit, threaded into the coat arrangement without a visible route out. back slanged adj. You are drunk and reversing the sounds of ordinary words, to the detriment of ordinary conversation. Cesily became back slanged and ordered a drink by announcing its name backwards. back slaped adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with distinguishing a palm from its reverse. Gold became back slaped and applauded the barman with the wrong side of his hand. back slashed adj. You have drunk enough to divide every sentence with a diagonal stroke. Leonita was back slashed and inserted a diagonal mark between each clause. back squatted adj. You are drunk and carrying the evening across your shoulders with limited assistance from your legs. Yevonne remained back squatted beside the bar, bearing the evening rather heavily. back stairsed adj. Drunk past the point of using the public route, and conducting the morning by servants' passage. Eziyah was back stairsed, carrying tea upstairs by the route intended for tradesmen. back storied adj. Drunk and supplying an elaborate history for every person encountered, including the coat stand. Alaris became back storied and gave the waiter a detailed account of his fictional childhood. back straighted adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the long run home for a race still proceeding indefinitely. Sachiko went back straighted and walked the pub’s corridor as though approaching a distant finish. back streeted adj. Describing a drinker who has retreated to a narrow, poorly lit route away from the centre of things. Kimley became back streeted and chose the alley behind the pub for the journey home. back stretched adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the far side of the track seem both reachable and personally assigned. Charlsa went back stretched and challenged the runners on the distant straight to a race. back substitutioned adj. A drinker so far gone that each new conclusion must be obtained by reversing the previous one. Gaberille was back substitutioned, solving the seating plan from the final chair backwards. back talked adj. Drunk past the point of answering politely, and now arguing with the tap when it refuses to provide water. Tavius got back talked beside the sink and demanded that the tap explain itself. back taxesed adj. The state of being drunk and carrying several unpaid obligations from earlier rounds. Tsering was back taxesed and discovered that yesterday’s drinks had become today’s liability. back timed adj. The condition of a drinker who begins each prepared remark at precisely the wrong moment. Chukwubuikem was back timed and delivered the toast during the silence after it.