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barbwired adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the route from sofa to kitchen needlessly hazardous. Shaguanda was barbwired, having laid cushions across the floor between herself and the tap. barcaded adj. Drunk on the strength of a bar and several games nobody had proposed playing. Bueford became barcaded and spent an hour losing quietly at a racing game. barcaloungered adj. Drunk since last orders, and settled into upholstery with little intention of rising. Kiniesha was barcaloungered by midnight, holding the remote as though it were evidence. barcamped adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the kitchen into an informal technology conference, chiefly about the kettle. Lukis was barcamped and invited everyone to present their findings on toast. barcaroled (/ˈbɑːkəɹəʊld/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and swaying gently as though propelled by oars. Lyanne grew barcaroled, keeping time with the table while the conversation moved on. barcarolled adj. Drunk by closing time, and singing with the steady unevenness of a small boat. Yamna became barcarolled, rowing one hand through the air during the final verse. barchaned adj. Still drunk, and curved quietly away from the direct route across the room. Ambee remained barchaned, taking the long crescent around the coffee table. barchanned (/bɑː(ɹ)ˈkɑːnd/) adj. Too drunk to travel directly, and proceeding in a broad, orderly curve. Palak was barchanned and reached the kitchen by way of the bookcase. barcharted adj. You have drunk enough to arrange the room into categories, each with a different likelihood of support. Harrison-john was barcharted, assigning the safest chairs to those nearest the floor. barchesed adj. Having drunk more than enough to regard a loaf as an architectural object. Otie grew barchesed and measured the challah before allowing anyone to cut it. barcode readered adj. Of a drinker: able to extract information from labels, but not necessarily to retain it. Gracie-jo became barcode readered and read every bottle before choosing the first one. barcode scannered adj. Of a drinker: passing each face in turn, reading nothing, and moving on. Lorinda was barcode scannered all evening, scanning the room repeatedly without recognising anyone. barcode-readered adj. Of a drinker who has become a quiet instrument for inspecting printed stripes. Flavil was barcode-readered, studying the supermarket labels with professional calm. barcoded (/ˈbɑː.kəʊdd/) adj. You are drunk and reading the evening as a sequence of machine-readable marks. Romeisha was barcoded, scanning the labels on the bottles without finding a product. barcodered adj. Describing a drinker who prints identifying marks on whatever is placed nearby. Daniely was barcodered and labelled the glasses before the guests had arrived. barcodinged adj. A drinker who assigns every object a printed identity, usually without being asked. Janluca grew barcodinged and gave each sandwich a label for later reference.