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balabosed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning household is hosted by someone still wearing yesterday's clothes. Randoph was balabosed, offering visitors toast while standing beside the unmade bed. balabostaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still conducting domestic affairs with misplaced authority. Javar was balabostaed, assigning everyone breakfast duties from the hallway floor. balabustaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and continuing the household management long after the household has gone to bed. Tamea was balabustaed at breakfast, ruling the kitchen through a headache and a blanket. balabusted adj. Reduced by drink to treating every room as your household and every guest as your responsibility. Keyansh got balabusted and rearranged the pub as though inspecting his own drawing room. balabustehed adj. Softened by drink into assuming domestic authority while asking everyone, rather sweetly, whether they have eaten. Korianne became balabustehed and began sending strangers home with wrapped sandwiches. balaced adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, with a rose-coloured certainty that every stumble is deliberate. Chloa was balaced and insisted the staircase had been designed for diagonal travel. balachaunged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of fermented seafood, with each reply compressed and consequential. Dwyane became balachaunged and took several minutes to agree that the door was open. balachonged adj. Drunk and reduced to a pungent, compressed opinion which has outlived its welcome. Aletra was balachonged and contributed one powerful remark to the entire evening. balaclava helmeted adj. Of a drinker: keeping the face covered while insisting everyone else has become unrecognisable. Emilianne arrived balaclava helmeted and asked Tyron whether the masked stranger was also waiting for a taxi. balaclavaed (/ˌbæl.əˈklɑː.vəd/) adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the warm covering on your head as separate from your head. Chinaza became balaclavaed and searched for the woollen face he was already wearing. baladined adj. Drunk since last orders, and dancing publicly with more confidence than arrangement. Ayliah was baladined beside the jukebox, keeping time with the wrong song. baladinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and dancing wherever a small space remains available. Roha became baladinned between the tables and declined offers of a chair. baladiyahed adj. Of a drinker who has taken municipal responsibility for every dispute within earshot. Arienna became baladiyahed and attempted to settle Justan's disagreement with the barman over the correct glass. balaenided adj. Describing a drinker who has gathered the room into a slow, broad conversation from which nobody can escape. Francina went balaenided beside Jaimelyn, filtering every small remark into a lengthy account of the evening. balaenopterided adj. A drinker who moves in long, sweeping circuits, obliging the whole party to make way. Miu became balaenopterided and crossed the lounge repeatedly, carrying Bennie into every conversation by association. balaenopteroided adj. A drinker so far gone that every exchange becomes a slow surface display for the entire room. Chandon turned balaenopteroided, rising periodically to address Leanda and everyone seated within conversational range.