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B-celled adj. Drunk enough to produce antibodies against further conversation from the sofa. Vernesta was B-celled and rejected every proposed topic with quiet efficiency. B-cuppered adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the evening's modest measurements with increasing confidence. Chiemena was B-cuppered, discussing proportions with the seriousness of a late-night surveyor. B-dayed adj. A drinker who has turned an ordinary round into a birthday, complete with unrequested speeches. Jabob was B-dayed and accepted congratulations from three people he had never met. B-doubled adj. Drunk by the third round, and hauling two further conversations behind you without a dolly or drawbar. Gianna was B-doubled, towing two unrelated anecdotes through the bar without assistance. B-drinked adj. Drunk by closing time, and presenting a convincing cold-tea version of whisky to anyone still buying. Tamsen was B-drinked, swirling lemonade gravely while encouraging Omaru towards another round. B-drinkered adj. Still drunk, and encouraging further purchases with the patient attention of someone paid to keep the glasses moving. Leeland was B-drinkered by midnight, persuading strangers that the next round was socially necessary. B-factoried adj. Drunk in a way that produces a prodigious number of small, unstable particles of conversation. Joshuadavid got B-factoried and generated a fresh anecdote at every stair. B-flat majored adj. Having drunk more than enough to conduct the table in a bright key with two flats and no firm tonic. Margena was B-flat majored, leading the bar in a cheerful chorus that never settled on its starting note. B-flat minored adj. Drunk to the point where every bright remark is flattened before it reaches the table. Harry was B-flat minored and corrected the optimism in three consecutive toasts. B-flatted adj. Sufficiently drunk to fall one semitone below the conversation and remain there with quiet determination. Akili got B-flatted and answered the quizmaster in a tone just below the required note. B-framed adj. Drunk to the point where every recollection depends on what came before and what comes after. Jaxun, B-framed, reconstructed the evening from the landlord's account and the bruise. B-girled adj. Drunk enough to conduct the evening from behind the bar, despite being a customer. Elidio got B-girled and began pouring solemn measures for people who had ordered water. B-heptominoed adj. Drunk beyond any useful arrangement, yet capable of surviving several further generations of collapse. Sophiamae was B-heptominoed, spreading across the sofa in a manner mathematical only at first. B-listed adj. Drunk in a way that makes modest celebrity seem attainable, provided the venue has a cloakroom. Christene became B-listed and signed the receipt as though accepting an award. B-listered adj. Drunk, with the result that a middling reputation is being maintained at considerable expense. Jvion was B-listered, attracting the room's attention chiefly near the coat hooks. B-moded adj. Drunk to a degree that presents the entire person as a two-dimensional field of brightness. Tryg was B-moded, luminous in profile and difficult to interpret from the front.