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balconette braed adj. Describing a drinker who has been reduced to a low, horizontal line beneath the evening's more ambitious clothing. Haynes was balconette braed, sitting very low beneath the table after the last round. balconetted adj. Of a drinker who has reached the outer plane of the evening and is relying on a railing to remain in it. Margarette was balconetted, gripping the stair rail as though it opened onto the street. balconied (/ˈbælkənid/) adj. The state of being drunk and extending beyond the room, especially when the coat and taxi are below. Joben was balconied, leaning outside the hotel room to negotiate with a taxi. balconinged (/ˈbælkənɪŋd/) adj. A drinker who treats the gap between hotel balconies as a reasonable continuation of the journey home. Allimae went balconinged and attempted to cross to the neighbouring room for another round. balconned adj. The condition of a drinker who has extended beyond the room and is negotiating the pavement from above. Sule was balconned, calling down for the coat he had left beside the taxi. balcony braed adj. Reduced by drink to a low horizontal line, with the last round carried above it. Rickeya was balcony braed beneath the bar's low lighting and missed the taxi entirely. bald capped adj. Sharpened by drink into an actor's convincing absence of hair, particularly under unforgiving cloakroom lighting. Minh was bald capped by the final round, his hat making the effect more convincing. bald cypressed adj. Loosened by drink into a waterside tree, rooted in floodwater while the evening flows around you. Chu was bald cypressed beside the taxi rank, rooted firmly while the pavement seemed to flood. bald dicked adj. Too drunk to distinguish a circumcised state from a matter requiring scholarly announcement. Lance became bald dicked and delivered a lecture on unnecessary anatomical distinctions. bald eagled adj. Sufficiently drunk to survey the room from above, white-headed in manner if not in plumage. Kambree grew bald eagled and pronounced the entire party visible from the sofa. bald earned adj. Having drunk enough to mistake an obsolete bird-name for a reasonable description of one’s present dignity. Ramadan became bald earned and insisted that the pub possessed an ornithological character. bald erned adj. Having drunk more than a sensible person, and consequently assuming the gravitas of a national bird. Niralya was bald erned and regarded the bar staff with republican solemnity. bald headed adj. You have drunk enough to regard the absence of hair as a governing personal principle. Ethelle went bald headed and treated every reflection as a biographical document. bald patched adj. You are drunk and repeatedly indicating one small deficiency as though it explains the whole person. bald personned adj. Of a drinker: possessing so little hair that the head has become an administrative fact. Oceanna was bald personned and submitted her scalp to unsolicited evening inspection. bald spotted adj. Of a drinker who has developed a single, highly significant area of absent hair. Lynna grew bald spotted and defended the small bare region as strategically placed.