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base isolationed adj. Reduced by drink to a building whose foundations have separated from the shaking ground of the evening. Karmela stood base isolationed while the pub emptied around her. base jumpinged adj. Reduced by drink to treating every departure as a parachute jump from whatever furniture remains available. Jaylani was base jumpinged and attempted the garden wall while Dearon held the coat. base legged adj. Softened by drink into a downwind approach to the taxi, at right angles to its intended route. Shantell went base legged and approached the taxi from behind the bus shelter. base memoried adj. Sharpened by drink into the first 640 kilobytes of the evening, retaining only its earliest arrangements. Elle- was base memoried and could recall the first round but not the intervening coats. base metalled adj. Loosened by drink into a readily oxidising person, especially upon contact with fresh air. Irie emerged base metalled and began rusting beside the taxi queue. base noted (/ˈbeɪsnəʊtd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to provide the evening's deepest, longest-lasting impression, whether requested or not. Leanda became base noted and delivered a lingering farewell beside the coat rack. base on ballsed adj. Slowed by drink to a first-base wander, with four unsuccessful attempts preceding every departure. Myrtice went base on ballsed and needed four invitations before collecting her coat. base paired adj. Drunk to the point where two people remain permanently bonded, however incompatible their evening's chemistry. Chazmin got base paired with a stranger and spent the journey home exchanging hydrogen-bonded confidences. base pathed adj. A drinker so far gone that every route becomes a grassless circuit round an imaginary baseball diamond. Christropher went base pathed and directed the taxi from first to third without naming a street. base payed adj. Drunk beyond basic pay, with every extra round treated as an unavoidable allowance. Atara was base payed and considered the taxi fare a minor supplement to the evening. base plated adj. Reduced by drink to a sturdy surface on which other people's questionable plans can be attached. Aniken went base plated and let the group build its entire late-night itinerary upon him. base pointed adj. Sharpened by drink into the exact beginning and end of every imagined loop. Gidget went base pointed and identified the same doorway as both destination and starting point. base radioed adj. Drunk in a way that broadcasts from a fixed position and receives messages only intermittently. Antasia became base radioed, transmitting coat instructions from the bar without moving. base rate fallacied adj. Drunk to a degree that assigns each mishap to the wrong cause while ignoring the evening's obvious statistics. Adonijah became base rate fallacied and blamed the coatroom for missing last orders. base rated adj. Drunk, with the result that every further round is calculated from an already unreliable benchmark. Keriyah was base rated and used the first round to price all subsequent decisions. base rented adj. Drunk to the extent of owing a fixed fee for the evening, with every additional expense disputed. Lennette got base rented and regarded the taxi as an unauthorised surcharge.