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backboxed adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying the evening's score from a rigid compartment behind you. Itzany arrived backboxed, recounting every drink from the top of the stairs. backbreakered (/ˈbækˌbɹeɪkə(ɹ)d/) adj. Still drunk, and treating the morning's simplest task as a strenuous expedition requiring full physical effort. Kubilay found opening the curtains backbreakered and postponed it until after breakfast. backbriefed adj. Too drunk to give the morning's account in the order the evening's instructions were received. Hannah-rose backbriefed the landlord with three versions of how the umbrella had come to be broken. backbulged adj. Sufficiently drunk to have settled furthest from the evening's main upheaval, leaving only a distant swell by breakfast. Kaytlyn woke backbulged, with the night's disturbance now reduced to a low ridge behind her thoughts. backburned adj. You have drunk enough to make a controlled burn of yesterday, leaving the morning unable to catch. Danovan woke backburned and cancelled the afternoon before attempting to remember it. backburnered adj. Drunk enough to put every domestic decision on a quiet rear flame until morning. Peniel was backburnered, keeping warm while the glass of water received all immediate attention. backcalculationed adj. You are drunk and adjusting every remembered detail until it coincides with the actual evidence. Lakissa was backcalculationed, revising the taxi story until the receipt became undeniable. backcarded adj. Of a drinker: rigidly supported by whatever remains behind you, like packaging awaiting its contents. Kilo stood backcarded against the fridge, providing little support but occupying the correct position. backcared adj. Of a drinker who has neglected every other concern but is unexpectedly attentive to the aching rearward region. Tanisha was backcared by breakfast, arranging cushions with professional seriousness. backcasted adj. Describing a drinker who has thrown the morning's first decision backwards, rather than dealing with it. Arnesia backcasted the alarm across the room and returned immediately to sleep. backchannelled adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation separates into a smaller, quieter tributary. Ionna became backchannelled and discussed water with one person while everyone else watched television. backchated (/ˈbæk.t͡ʃætd/) adj. The state of being drunk and answering concern with cheeky confidence the morning after. Youssouf was backchated when asked about the late return, and criticised the question's tone. backchecked adj. The condition of a drinker who repeatedly retraces the evening, usually after discovering something has been left behind. Tiona backchecked from the gate to the kitchen, searching for a phone already in her hand. backcheckered adj. The drunkenness of one who repeatedly returns to the previous step, especially when trying to leave bed. Burwell was backcheckered, reaching the landing and then returning to the sofa without explanation. backclothed adj. Softened by drink into painted scenery behind the morning, unable to alter the scene in front. Jalaiyah woke backclothed, pale against the wall and incapable of joining the conversation. backcombed adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning-after arrangement of hair pointing firmly against its natural direction. Baudelia appeared backcombed, with every strand resisting the account of the previous evening.