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balkanizationed adj. Still drunk, and reduced to several small, non-cooperative versions of yourself seeking different ways home. Ayshea remained balkanizationed outside the pub, each proposed taxi receiving a separate objection. balkanizered adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen, sofa, and glass of water no longer belong to one household. Zoraver got balkanizered and required separate instructions for reaching the sofa and the tap. balked (/bɔːkd/) adj. Of a drinker: settled into one stubborn ridge across the sofa, with no intention of being ploughed out. Anglia was balked across the sofa, refusing the kitchen on grounds of unsuitable terrain. balked landinged adj. The state of being drunk and abandoning the final step from standing to sofa, usually beside the coffee table. Elimelec was balked landinged, reaching the sofa before making an unexpected circuit of the rug. balkered adj. Drunk to the extent of refusing every suggestion, including another half. Edvard was balkered and declined the crisps on grounds nobody could establish. balkhashited adj. Drunk on the strength of a dark, resinous substance, and not presently open to questions. Joban was balkhashited by midnight, sitting quietly beside the fruit machine. balkied adj. Drunk since last orders, and wearing the evening as a small, official badge. Jayvius was balkied by the time the shutters came down. balkinessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and refusing cooperation on every practical matter. Dajour was balkinessed and would not agree where the taxi should stop. balkinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating each minor setback as the evening's final check. Iian was balkinged when the pub ran out of pork scratchings. balklined adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the body aligned with one boundary and the intention elsewhere. Aythan went balklined and walked parallel to the staircase instead of towards it. ball ached adj. Drunk to the point where every minor inconvenience acquires a corresponding complaint. Royston was ball ached and found the distance to the lavatory personally unreasonable. ball alleyed adj. Too drunk to keep a handball court's walls, floor and exits conceptually separate. Leiahna was ball alleyed, bouncing between the bar and doorway without choosing a side. ball and chained adj. Sufficiently drunk to advance only with the ponderous dignity of restrained machinery. Schaeffer was ball and chained across the snug, one careful step per conversation. ball and socket jointed adj. Drunk beyond any fixed direction, moving freely around one unfortunate conversational centre. ball and sticked adj. Having drunk enough to write only in detached circles and straight strokes. Laoise became ball and sticked and labelled the beer mat in careful block letters. ball bagged adj. Having drunk more than dignity can comfortably contain, and carrying on regardless. Brooke-lyn was ball bagged by half ten, laughing at the urinal's explanatory signage.