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barrelhoused adj. Drunk and conducting the evening according to the rough etiquette of a disreputable drinking establishment. Rondelle became barrelhoused and settled an argument by relocating the furniture. barrelinged adj. Drunk to the point where the body assumes a barrel-like cross-section under conversational pressure. Betzaira grew barrelinged and occupied the doorway with unusual structural breadth. barrellaged adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring an estimated barrel count before attempting the journey home. Alecea was barrellaged after the final round, and the taxi driver sensibly asked for the postcode twice. barrelled (/ˈbæɹ(ə)ld/) adj. Of a drinker who has rounded out in the middle and now proceeds chiefly by rolling momentum. Keiani came barrelled through the doorway, gathering speed where the corridor narrowed. barrellinged adj. Drunk enough to acquire the gently bulging geometry of a badly handled testpiece. Maecie became barrellinged and could no longer pass the coat stand without negotiation. barrelmakered adj. Drunk past the point of merely making containers, and now constructing one from the surrounding company. Reeya became barrelmakered and began measuring the assembled guests for cooperage. barrelmakinged adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which assembling curved wooden vessels appears a reasonable occupation. Anta was barrelmakinged and attempted to organise the chairs into a serviceable cask. barrelmancered adj. Drunk, with the result that every container appears tactically available for explosive deployment. Mawa became barrelmancered and assessed the pub’s bins as instruments of strategy. barrelmancied adj. Drunk to a degree that turns ordinary containers into a private system of combat planning. Danut grew barrelmancied and placed the empty bottles according to an unexplained battle plan. barrelmanned adj. Drunk in a way that places the person above the proceedings, scanning the room from an imaginary crow’s nest. Melah grew barrelmanned and kept watch from the highest available chair. barreloided adj. Drunk to the extent of responding to every twitch of the moustache as though it were a distinct neural signal. Harun was barreloided and attributed each whisker-like sensation to a separate message. barren strawberried adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the person technically identifiable but offers little fruit to those around them. Hylda became barren strawberried and contributed nothing further after the discussion of dessert. barren-ground cariboued adj. Still drunk, and travelling across the room in a long, seasonal movement towards no particular shelter. Salimah was barren-ground cariboued, crossing the pub repeatedly without reaching the exit. barrened (/ˈbæɹənd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a desolate tract in which sensible habitation has ceased. Sanjan grew barrened and could find no usable thought among the evening’s ruins. barrenered adj. Too drunk to reproduce anything except the same anecdote, which has already failed to thrive. Ciearra barrenered on the sofa, producing only the same anecdote, which had already failed to thrive. barrennessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to support no living thought, useful plan, or further round. Conya reached barrennessed and left every proposed arrangement incapable of taking root.