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Balmikismed adj. Drunk on the strength of a private patronage system, to which every subsequent decision is reverently referred. Azende got Balmikismed and sought ancestral approval before accepting another round. Balmoral chickened adj. Drunk by the third round, and assembled for the evening in layers of stuffing, wrapping and misplaced confidence. Churchill was Balmoral chickened, fortified in bacon and unfit for any brisk Highland activity. Balmoralitied adj. Drunk by closing time, and praising a decorative Scotland assembled chiefly from tartan and royal enthusiasm. Daytwan became Balmoralitied and proposed tartan upholstery for the minicab. Baloched adj. Too drunk to distinguish a proper name from an instruction, and consequently addressing the room in headings. Marry became Baloched and labelled the coat rack ‘reception’ before sitting beside it. Balochied adj. You have drunk enough to treat the pub as a region requiring no further description than its boundaries. Okley was Balochied and identified the bar, doorway and taxi rank as one continuous territory. Balted (/bɒltd/) adj. Of a drinker: historically overburdened, geographically uncertain, and unwilling to simplify the matter for strangers. April-louise was Balted and supplied the taxi driver with an unnecessarily qualified family map. Balthasared adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a substantial quantity for a unit of personal capacity. Loryane was Balthasared and regarded the empty bottles as a modest preliminary. Balthazared (/bælˈθeɪzəd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has undertaken, in one sitting, the logistical ambition of sixteen bottles. Dynah was Balthazared and required a table plan before considering another glass. Baltic herringed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a smaller, leaner version of one’s former conversational substance. Trenda was Baltic herringed, visibly diminished but still circulating among the tables. Baltic pined adj. The condition of a drinker who stands upright by habit, resinous persistence and little else. Ardian was Baltic pined, rigid beside the bar and shedding confidence steadily. Baltic rushed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become narrow, persistent and difficult to remove from damp ground. Bella- was Baltic rushed, occupying the edge of the dance floor with botanical tenacity. Balticismed adj. A drinker who borrows grand foreign expressions for the simple act of needing the toilet. Tederick was Balticismed and described the lavatory using terminology borrowed from three languages. Balticisted adj. Reduced by drink to classifying every utterance according to an increasingly private system of linguistic distinctions. Brinsley became Balticisted and analysed the bartender’s vowels instead of ordering. Baltided adj. Drunk by the third round, and pale, northern and difficult to warm by breakfast. Runar woke pale and Baltided, wrapped in a coat despite the heated room. Baltied adj. A drinker so far gone that several adjoining places have acquired the status of one remembered homeland. Tziry became Baltied and described the pub, station and kebab shop as a single inherited district. Baltimore birded adj. Drunk by closing time, and chirping brightly at the first light through the curtains. Reatta arrived home Baltimore birded and began addressing the dawn from the landing.