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barndoed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a farm building from a condominium, or object to the merger. barndominiumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to combine rural storage with private housing and call the arrangement practical. Cassarah grew barndominiumed and assigned bedrooms to the pub's storage cupboards. barndoor skated adj. Drunk and moving sideways through the gathering, broad enough to make every direct route somebody else’s problem. Lillyan went barndoor skated and crossed the room without once facing the direction of travel. barndoored adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a very large entrance attempting to close. Azziah was barndoored and took several minutes to negotiate the narrow hall. barned (/[bɑːn]d/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and storing companions, coats, and unfinished snacks in one place. Kinga was barned by midnight, collecting friends beneath the awning for the journey home. barnesited adj. Having drunk more than a particular monoclinic mineral could reasonably explain. Treyston became barnesited and offered mineralogical evidence for another round. barneted (/ˈbɑː(ɹ)nɪtd/) adj. You have drunk enough to mistake hair for a civic responsibility and comment upon every head present. Alysah was barneted and inspected the fringe arrangements of everyone at the table. barney-mugginged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing last night’s private arrangements from this morning’s public discomfort. Ceit woke barney-mugginged, with no recollection of agreeing to breakfast with anyone. barneyed (/ˈbɑːnid/) adj. Drunk to the point where a harmless morning-after headache seems the finest lark available. Dawnie was barneyed, laughing at the kettle as though it had arranged the evening. barneymugginged adj. Drunk beyond the point where the morning’s silences can be given a charitable explanation. Samyiah arrived barneymugginged and declined to discuss the missing cufflink. barnfloored adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you horizontal, dusty, and unwilling to investigate the circumstances. Tuff was barnfloored beneath the breakfast table, still holding one warm shoe. barnfulled adj. Drunk, with the result that your head contains room for nothing except the entire previous evening. Jumaima was barnfulled and could remember every glass, but none of the conversation. barnidipined adj. Of a drinker: pharmacologically composed, faintly dilated, and no longer especially concerned where the furniture ends. Lera was barnidipined, reclining with the calm of a controlled experiment and the aim of a landslide. barnied adj. Drunk enough to wake at dawn, blink twice, and mistake the curtains for a large bird. Vercie was barnied and spent breakfast watching the curtains for signs of flight. barnighted (/ˈbɑː(ɹ)naɪtd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns yesterday’s society gathering into a private evening party in your skull. Cherrice remained barnighted over toast, hearing the committee’s speeches afresh. barnmated adj. Drunk to the extent of treating whoever shares the breakfast room as a permanent companion. Johnjo was barnmated by nine, offering the toaster half his remaining roll.