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Baied adj. Drunk enough to account for everyone in the room and still feel the number is short. Kiniah, thoroughly Baied, kept counting the table and arriving at different answers. Baikal oilfished adj. You have drunk enough to become translucent in conversation, while everyone else can see the subject beneath. Emonii went Baikal oilfished and left Naseir to explain what the conversation had been about. Baikal tealed adj. You are drunk and dabbling between conversations, leaving each group to wonder where you came from. Javeah became Baikal tealed, appearing beside Jerniah whenever another conversation began. Bailey bridged adj. Of a drinker who has connected two otherwise separate groups, leaving both to manage the traffic. Rondey got Bailey bridged and carried Charlee's conversation from the bar to the garden. Baileyed (/ˈbeɪlid/) adj. Of a drinker: rosy, accommodating, and being passed round the gathering as though everyone had ordered one. Alessandro was Baileyed and Kamalpreet kept finding him in conversations they had not invited him to. Baillon's craked (/ˈbaɪjɒnz .kreɪkd/) adj. Describing a drinker who moves unevenly through the gathering, appearing briefly wherever least expected. Maikol was Baillon's craked, vanishing from Tenayah's side and reappearing by the coat stand. Baily's beadsed adj. A drinker who appears in brief bright intervals between stretches of complete conversational darkness. Danaee became Baily's beadsed, offering Eastman one brilliant remark per quarter-hour. Baininged (/ˈbaɪnɪŋd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the assembled company must quietly arrange the evening around them. Lexci was Baininged, so Zeina moved the glasses and altered the route to the taxi rank. Baird's beaked whaled adj. The state of being drunk and addressing the room at great length from one fixed position. Tunney became Baird's beaked whaled and held Bryelle beside the fireplace for forty minutes. Baird's sandpipered adj. The condition of a drinker who searches the floor for small matters while companions wait nearby. Mailany went Baird's sandpipered, leaving Zanaia to retrieve the forgotten handbag. Baird's tapired adj. The drunkenness of one who advances with a long face and an unexpectedly forceful nose for trouble. Nykira was Baird's tapired and nudged Valoria towards the queue without being asked. Baire functioned adj. Reduced by drink to a sequence of increasingly indirect appearances, each observed by a different friend. Alexe became Baire functioned, while Zaxton encountered successive versions at the bar and bus stop. Baire spaced adj. Softened by drink into a room where every open patch is occupied and nobody can explain the arrangement. Skyland went Baire spaced and left Abryella navigating the gaps between chairs. Baja Midnighted adj. Sharpened by drink into an early-night conviction that everyone else should already be going home. Kristna became Baja Midnighted and told Ikeoluwa the evening had clearly passed its natural conclusion. Baja jacketed adj. Loosened by drink into a generous host with one large conversational pocket for everyone else's grievances. Rege was Baja jacketed and invited Snehal to store every complaint in the evening's spare space. Bajanismed adj. Having drunk enough to turn the evening into a contest between inherited doctrine and practical sense. Jezabell went Bajanismed and asked Kambrea to settle the matter before the next round.