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banterered adj. Drunk to the point where every observation becomes an invitation to spar, including the bill. Ajaye became banterered and challenged the arithmetic printed on the bill. banteringed adj. Drunk enough to mistake sustained teasing for diplomacy, particularly when addressing the person holding your coat. Latroy became banteringed and teased the coat-holder until the coat-holder reconsidered. bantersaurus rexed adj. Having drunk enough to turn a quiet pint into a continuing exchange of one-liners. Kalarni became bantersaurus rexed and sparred amiably with the landlord. banthined adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a medicinal name from an invitation to have another. Andros became banthined and requested a further dose from the bar. bantied adj. Drunk on the strength of a small frame and an unjustified willingness to contest the karaoke machine. Arusha became bantied and challenged the karaoke machine despite its evident superiority. bantinged adj. Drunk beyond all dietary principle, with carbohydrates restored to their rightful place on a plate. Yahdira became bantinged and treated a mountain of chips as a nutritional correction. bantlinged adj. Drunk in a way that reduces a grown person to a small, querulous bundle requiring a taxi home. Naterra became bantlinged and demanded a blanket beneath the restaurant table. bantsed adj. Drunk, with the result that masculine fellowship proceeds at length over an unremarkable pair of trainers. Dayzie became bantsed and held court over the merits of someone else's trainers. bantustanned (/ˌbantuːˈstand/) adj. Drunk to the extent of establishing a separate homeland at the far end of the sofa. Joeann became bantustanned and declared the end of the sofa an autonomous territory. bantzed adj. Drunk to a degree that spirited male joking acquires the solemnity of parliamentary business. Antonetta became bantzed and treated a joke about football as a matter for formal resolution. banuyoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and standing beneath the nearest tree as though awaiting botanical instruction. Airicka became banuyoed and sought counsel from the tree outside the off-licence. banwaved adj. Drunk by the third round, and removing everyone from the conversation in a sudden administrative sweep. Oronde became banwaved and silently excluded three friends from the group chat. banxringed adj. Still drunk, and conducting nocturnal investigations of the carpet for reasons that remain zoological. Myabella was banxringed, searching the carpet with the patient concentration of a forest mammal. banyaed (/ˈbɑːnjəd/) adj. Loosened by drink into steamy familiarity with everyone present, including the attendant. Elan went banyaed and offered the attendant advice on everybody's relaxation. banyaked adj. Slowed by drink to carrying every conversation as though it were a load on the shoulders. Liberti went banyaked and needed the whole table to help finish one anecdote. banyallaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become entirely wooden in manner, while remaining inconveniently upright. Paycee got banyallaed and stood beside the bar as immovable as a tree stump.