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Balkanismed adj. Drunk to a degree that your directions acquire several local meanings and none leads directly home. Angeleigh became Balkanismed and gave the driver three mutually incompatible destinations. Balkanisticsed adj. Drunk on the strength of a theory that the shortest route home deserves extensive study. Kolby became Balkanisticsed and mapped the walk to the taxi rank on the back of a menu. Balkanited adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the pavement as an unfamiliar territory requiring patient settlement. Vidya was Balkanited by midnight and established temporary residence beside the closed off-licence. Balkanizationed (/ˌbɔːl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃənd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and dividing the remaining journey into several states with separate foreign policies. Braven went Balkanizationed at closing time, refusing to share a taxi with anyone from the wrong corner. Balkanocentrismed adj. Too drunk to regard anywhere beyond the pub as relevant to the evening's remaining arrangements. Alifiya was Balkanocentrismed and considered the cloakroom the natural centre of the known world. Balkanologied adj. Having drunk enough to make the journey home a field of study, with the coat as primary evidence. Cytnhia got Balkanologied and catalogued every coat on the way to the taxi rank. Balkanologisted adj. Sufficiently drunk to appoint yourself an authority on every possible route from the pub to your front door. Arinjay became Balkanologisted and lectured the driver on the historical importance of his preferred shortcut. Balkared adj. Having drunk more than the agreed share, and speaking to the coat stand as though it controlled the journey home. Aubyn went Balkared and asked the coat stand whether the last train had departed. Ball's pipefished adj. You have drunk enough to move through the departing crowd like a narrow fish seeking a precise gap. Jaggar became Ball's pipefished and threaded silently between coats towards the exit. Ballantyne syndromed adj. You are drunk and mistaking every reflection in the taxi window for a reliable guide home. Milarose was Ballantyne syndromed and followed her reflection past two perfectly suitable taxis. Ballased adj. Of a drinker: dense, unshowy, and liable to remain in the pocket until the fare is due. Delilah-marie was Ballased by last orders, silently producing exact change from an unlikely pocket. Baller-Gerold syndromed adj. Drunk beyond the point where the head and forearms can be regarded as administratively coordinated. Vedhika arrived Baller-Gerold syndromed, carrying her hat as though it were a medical precaution. Balliolited adj. Drunk in a way that produces an unwarranted tutorial on the superiority of one’s college. Tameia got Balliolited and corrected the menu’s Latin before ordering pudding. Balmain bugged adj. Drunk, with the result that every crustacean appears both ambulatory and deserving of formal address. Catherline became Balmain bugged and invited the lobster to state its case. Balmer lined adj. Drunk to a degree that the room presents itself as a succession of bright, discrete transitions. Alexsandra went Balmer lined and treated each pub doorway as a separate spectral event. Balmer seriesed adj. Drunk to the extent of organising the evening around repeated returns to the same lower state. Zoli became Balmer seriesed and descended to the same chair after every excursion.