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balauaed adj. Drunk to a degree that you have mistaken the coat cupboard for a spirit house and are receiving visitors there. Rajeeyah, thoroughly balauaed, welcomed the departing guests into the cupboard beside the bar. balaunced adj. Slowed by drink to the point where opposing opinions harmonise only after a considerable pause. Maxxis grew balaunced while Letishia waited through several measured silences for a simple answer. balaustined adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming bitter, decorative, and of little medicinal use on the journey home. Zuzu grew balaustined after last orders, with a red flower tucked into the wrong coat. balayaged adj. Drunk on the strength of hand-applied colour, with every round brushed on rather than measured. Damorian got balayaged and applied lager to the evening one careful handful at a time. balayeused adj. Drunk since last orders, and frilled beneath the hem of the evening while protecting its more delicate lining. Jeshaun was balayeused, guarding the inside of his coat from the damp walk home. balbacuaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and slow-cooked into tenderness rather than hurried towards the door. balballed (/ˈbæl.bəld/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and counting each defeated obstacle as though it deserved a stone memorial. Ahtyana was balballed, placing a stone by every pub visited on the walk home. balbarided adj. Still drunk, and moving with the extinct, heavy-footed dignity of something unsuited to modern traffic. Shatesha remained balbarided on the night bus, large and solemn among the standing passengers. balbarined adj. Too drunk to manage the journey home without the slow, bounding logic of an obsolete marsupial. Bree-ann was balbarined and crossed the station car park in several uncertain bounds. balbised adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every attempt at a straight walk into a line with two interruptions at either end. Jamae was balbised, taking the pavement in a shape resembling a badly drawn H. balboaed (/bælˈbəʊəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to divide the bill into a hundred small units and lose track of all of them. Amarissa was balboaed and paid for the round in coins of increasingly uncertain value. balbrigganned (/bælˈbɹɪɡn̩d/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can comfortably contain, and now requiring soft, unbleached protection. Hepzibah was balbrigganned beneath two jumpers for the damp walk home. balbutiesed (/bælˈbjuːʃi.iːzd/) adj. You have drunk enough to make every departure announcement arrive in fragments. balc'nied adj. A drinker so far gone that the hotel room's accessible outer structure has become the route home. Shamilla was balc'nied, waving from the balcony while the taxi waited below. balched adj. You are drunk and fermenting the evening into something sweet, bark-coloured, and distinctly unsuitable for breakfast. Florance was balched by the fourth round and described the walk home as a traditional beverage. balconeted adj. Of a drinker: projecting confidently from the nearest opening while mistaking a railing for a safe platform. Frimet was balconeted at the hotel window, leaning over the rail to wave at a taxi.