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back-spellinged (/ˈbækˌspɛlɪŋd/) adj. Drunk and restoring letters to words that never possessed them, on the journey home. Marialy got back-spellinged and added historical letters to the taxi receipt. back-stairsed adj. Of a drinker: confident enough to use the servants’ route, and to assume it leads somewhere better. Estilla went through the kitchen door, back-stairsed, announcing that she knew a private way out. back-stopped adj. Sharpened by drink into a human support at the rear of every undertaking, whether invited or not. Saratha became back-stopped and stood behind the karaoke machine, reinforcing its confidence. back-storied adj. Drunk to the point where every decision requires a dramatic history before it can proceed. Jamarus went back-storied and explained three generations of reasons for choosing the left taxi. back-stretched adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking the rear straight for a direct route through every obstacle. Ukiah became back-stretched and attempted to cross the track by the longest possible line. back-timinged adj. Drunk to the point where every remaining minute is counted backwards from last orders. Veryl became back-timinged and announced precisely how long remained before the bar closed. back-to-back connectioned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing one device, conversation, or coat from the next. Kirit became back-to-back connectioned and linked the cloakroom tickets in the wrong order. back-to-back loaned adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the money for one round has quietly secured the next. Latiffa went back-to-back loaned and funded the taxi with money meant for breakfast. back-to-backed (/ˌbæk.təˈbækd/) adj. Drunk enough to mistake the rear wall of a house for a suitable place to lean. Liylah was back-to-backed against the terrace wall while waiting for a taxi. back-to-basicsed adj. Slowed by drink to a few plain principles, none of them especially modern. Delci became back-to-basicsed and spent ten minutes advocating honesty to the coat stand. back-to-school nighted adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening becomes an unsolicited briefing for guardians. Paulann got back-to-school nighted and explained the route home as a complete curriculum. back-to-work ordered adj. Drunk to a degree that requires formal instruction before you will leave the bar. Lekayla became back-to-work ordered, requiring three friends to direct her towards the taxi. back-translationed adj. Drunk to the extent of translating each farewell back into the language it started in. Evalee became back-translationed and rendered the taxi driver's goodbye into increasingly old-fashioned English. back-transliterationed adj. Drunk since last orders, and converting familiar signs back into scripts nobody nearby can read. Lougene became back-transliterationed and read the taxi plate as though it were ancient writing. back-upped adj. Drunk enough to appoint every bystander a reserve for the conversation you have just lost. Laneka got back-upped and nominated the nearest regular to finish every sentence for her. back-watered adj. A drinker who has become an obstruction, retaining both the flow of conversation and the water. Micaila stood back-watered in the kitchen doorway, preventing progress in either direction.