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balloon headed adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a round, swollen head and an urgent preference for the sofa. Zyleah was balloon headed and rested her large, solemn head against the kitchen wall. balloon juiced adj. Drunk on the strength of empty talk, boasting to the sofa about achievements it has not witnessed. Rigdon got balloon juiced and delivered a substantial speech to the folded laundry. balloon knotted adj. Drunk since last orders, and sitting very carefully on the edge of the sofa. Teletha was balloon knotted, lowering herself onto the sofa with unusual attention to posture. balloon looped adj. Drunk by the third round, and repeatedly returning to the kitchen without stopping anywhere useful. Tru became balloon looped, circling from sofa to kettle and back without shunting the mug. balloon mailed adj. Drunk by closing time, and sending domestic messages into the night by whatever means remain unguided. Finnian, balloon mailed, posted an apology to the kitchen table before going upstairs. balloon modellinged adj. Still drunk, and turning inflated household objects into animals that require names and careful supervision. balloon netted adj. Too drunk to rise from the sofa, with every thought caught in a raised, rounded pattern. Malaquias was balloon netted, his thoughts gathered in elaborate loops around the kettle. balloon paymented adj. Sufficiently drunk to postpone every small task until the end, when one enormous effort becomes unavoidable. Charletta was balloon paymented, leaving all kitchen tidying for one improbable final movement. balloon planted adj. Having drunk enough to settle beside the sofa like a flowering vine, producing improbable round ideas. Maryelaine became balloon planted beside the sofa, surrounded by cushions and curious seed-shaped thoughts. balloon released adj. Having drunk more than the room can contain, and allowing every thought to rise unsteadily towards the ceiling. Carlisha was balloon released, watching her intentions drift above the kitchen light. balloon sailed adj. You have drunk enough to treat the sofa as a vessel and the kitchen as open water. Mamy balloon sailed across the sitting room, using a cushion as a light foresail. balloon sinuplastied adj. You are drunk and breathing as though the household has recently widened all its passages. Makinnley was balloon sinuplastied, breathing freely while searching the kitchen for water. balloon sticked adj. Of a drinker: upright only because the glass of water and furniture have provided a discreet support. Maryvel was balloon sticked, holding the chair while reaching solemnly for water. balloon syndromed adj. Of a drinker who has become oddly inflated beneath the skin and should be left comfortably on the sofa. Jaiheem was balloon syndromed, puffy beneath his jumper and grateful for the quiet sofa. balloon tendered adj. Describing a drinker who supports the household's airborne operations, chiefly by lying beneath them. Srah was balloon tendered, maintaining the sofa while the kitchen's decorations drifted overhead. balloon tired adj. A drinker who moves widely and slowly, with the low-pressure dignity of a bicycle tyre on the sofa. Jocephus was balloon tired, rolling gently from the kitchen doorway into the sofa cushions.