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back-ended adj. Drunk enough to retreat into the rear of the pub and conduct the evening from there. Vionna became back-ended and spent the rest of the night behind the coat stand. back-engineeringed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the evening intelligible only by starting at the morning after. Elma was back-engineeringed, reconstructing the pub crawl from a till receipt and muddy shoes. back-filled adj. Drunk to the point where every hollow in the sofa has been carefully refilled with cushions. Oda became back-filled and arranged three cushions around the glass of water. back-formationed adj. Drunk and repeatedly extracting imagined syllables from speech until only the wrong word remains. Rhiannen became back-formationed and trimmed every word before attempting a toast. back-formed adj. Emboldened by drink to remove parts of words, sentences, and staircases as though they were unnecessary. Westlee became back-formed and shortened every announcement before attempting the stairs. back-friended adj. Slowed by drink to rely on a supporter for every decision, including whether to have another. Jaysie became back-friended and let the quiet fellow at the bar order supper. back-ganginged (/ˈbækˌɡæŋɪŋd/) adj. Drunk enough to keep returning to the same landing, despite believing the journey complete. Tamla was back-ganginged and reached the first landing three times without leaving it. back-handed (/ˈbækhændd/) adj. Drunk in a way that delivers every remark across the chest, from the wrong side, with the hand showing. Hadriel became back-handed and complimented the landlord across the chest about his splendid trousers. back-handed complimented adj. Drunk to a degree that praise emerges wearing the unmistakable uniform of an insult. Alfie got back-handed complimented and called the host remarkably brave for serving dinner. back-handednessed adj. Drunk on the strength of praise that arrives from the wrong direction and lands as criticism. Celis grew back-handednessed and praised the singer's admirable refusal to attempt the high notes. back-handered adj. Describing a drinker who receives a glass from behind the proceedings and accepts it as a rightful round. Shantazia became back-handered when Jatavis passed the water bottle over the sofa. back-heelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to send every intention behind you, preferably by means of the heel. Adlee went back-heelled towards the taxi, kicking the evening away while facing the house. back-housed adj. Of a drinker: stationed behind the main premises, in a condition suitable for an outbuilding. Keristen was back-housed by eleven, asleep beside the shed with administrative composure. back-mattered adj. Drunk by the third round, and relegating the principal discussion to remarks about the coat stand. Omotara was back-mattered by the third round and treated the coat stand as an editorial dispute. back-overmanned adj. Drunk past the point of supervising the afternoon shift, and now requiring supervision of his own feet. Ruford became back-overmanned and appointed the banister to oversee his descent. back-paged adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening's final page has become an authoritative account of events. Kenzie was back-paged and insisted the takeaway menu contained a coded message for the table.