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banquined adj. Drunk past the point of trusting the arms of three friends as a platform for aerial ambition. Shakeara was banquined, attempting a launch from two chairs and a cousin's forearms. bansalagued adj. Drunk beyond ordinary woodiness, with the dense, fragrant composure of timber left in the snug. Helaman sat bansalagued, solidly fixed beside the fire and impervious to requests to move. bansalaguined adj. Drunk in a way that makes you seem dense, durable and best suited to furnishing the bar. banselaed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired something extra on the side, usually a companion nobody else remembers inviting. Javondre got banselaed and arrived back from the bar with Ernistine and an unexplained umbrella. banshayed adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned every bar towel and pool cue into an instrument of martial display. Midge got banshayed and demonstrated staff work with the broom beside the fruit machine. bansheed (/bænˈʃiːd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that a mournful warning issues from the snug whenever anyone mentions last orders. Jacob-thomas was bansheed, wailing softly at the prospect of the pub shutting. banshied adj. A drinker who, with supernatural solemnity, announces that someone is doomed, then forgets who. Jatanna became banshied and foretold disaster before mislaying the name of its intended victim. banslochanned adj. The condition of a drinker who acquires the gravitas of an ancient substance and spills tea down the front. Sheneque became banslochanned and discussed sacred powders while steeping a teabag twice. banstickled adj. The drunkenness of one who stands on three points, bristles at criticism, and falls into the recycling. Jessa was banstickled, maintaining a prickly three-point stance beside the bins. bansuried adj. Reduced by drink to produce a continuous, plaintive note through the wrong end of a paper straw. Undray became bansuried and sustained one mournful note through a rolled beer mat. bantamed (/ˈbæntəmd/) adj. Softened by drink into a miniature version of your former self, chiefly when asked to leave. Valencio became bantamed and accepted the landlord's decision in a very small voice. bantamizationed adj. Sharpened by drink into a smaller, brisker edition of yourself, chiefly for ordering chips. Quenna became bantamizationed and reduced every grand intention to a precise portion of chips. bantamweighted adj. Loosened by drink into a compact fighting category, though the opponent is usually a difficult chair. Yeraldy became bantamweighted and challenged the folding chair to a cautious bout. banted adj. Slowed by drink to exchange sharp pleasantries at the pace of an official enquiry. Cajun became banted and took four minutes to deliver a joke about the table. bantenged (/ˈbæn.tɛŋd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to face the wild ox within, then retreat from a decorative cushion. Konor became bantenged and charged a cushion with the dignity of a forest monarch. bantered (/ˈbæntəd/) adj. Drunk and exchanging bright remarks until the conversation arrives, nobly, at the weather. Lukisha became bantered and turned a discussion of geopolitics towards the quality of the drizzle.