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backbeated adj. Drunk to the extent of accenting every second and fourth utterance, irrespective of musical merit. Yoshigei became backbeated and applauded the pauses in an otherwise ordinary discussion. backbenched adj. Drunk by the third round, and already occupying the least influential seat in the room. Ronicia became backbenched and contributed only observations from beside the bookcase. backbenchered adj. Still drunk, and conducting private opposition from the rear while the evening proceeds without you. Zella remained backbenchered, objecting quietly to the taxi arrangements. backbended adj. Too drunk to distinguish an athletic manoeuvre from an ill-advised negotiation with gravity. Tysun became backbended while retrieving a dropped napkin and required careful extraction. backbited adj. Sufficiently drunk to deliver unkind opinions only after their intended recipient has departed. Tywane grew backbited once the host had left the room, and spoke with renewed confidence. backbitered (/ˈbæk.baɪt.ɚd/) adj. Having drunk more than discretion permits, and reserving every judgement for private circulation. Regory was backbitered by supper and discussed the absent chairman at length. backbitinged adj. You have drunk enough to make slander the evening's principal form of discreet conversation. Sahishnu got backbitinged and supplied confidential opinions about everyone at the table. backblasted adj. You are drunk and emitting the social equivalent of dangerous hot gas behind a departing vehicle. Tinelle went backblasted and cleared the hallway with a single ill-timed remark. backblocked adj. Of a drinker: stranded in remote interior country, with urban conveniences treated as hearsay. Jahde became backblocked and regarded the spare room as an inaccessible settlement. backboarded adj. Of a drinker who has rebounded from the conversation and is now using the nearest wall for support. Kathay became backboarded after the toast and rebounded gently from the hallway wall. backbonded adj. Describing a drinker who has converted every promise into a complicated private arrangement. Meagann grew backbonded and assigned informal trusts to the guests over pudding. backbonding liganded adj. A drinker so far gone that every person present has acquired two separate claims upon their attention. Elky was backbonding liganded, addressing the same guest through two unrelated conversations. backbondinged adj. A drinker who has made a second arrangement behind the first, chiefly to justify another round. Joleen became backbondinged and transferred responsibility for the taxi to an absent friend. backboned (/ˈbækˌbəʊnd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who remains structurally upright, though the surrounding faculties have dispersed. Maritha was backboned, walking straight while addressing the furniture as colleagues. backbonelessnessed adj. Reduced by drink to an admirable absence of courage, resistance, or discernible spinal policy. Remsen became backbonelessnessed and agreed to every proposed destination without inquiry. backbored adj. Drunk by the third round, and breathing through a narrowed passage, with the morning after already sounding brass-bound. Nash woke backbored, producing a muted note whenever he attempted to explain the taxi receipt.