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batamoted adj. A drinker who has become damp, stringy and rooted to one particular patch of the garden. Nakaia was batamoted beside the shed, waiting for the headache to pass through the grass. batangaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning-after remedy must be mixed with a knife. Jayme was batangaed, stirring cola and lime with a table knife before nine. batanoprided adj. The state of being drunk and chemically determined that breakfast should remain where it was found. Ryanchristian was batanoprided, regarding toast as a serious threat to domestic order. batardeaued adj. The drunkenness of one who has dammed the flow of conversation until the headache subsides. Anjesa was batardeaued behind the closed curtains, allowing only tea to pass. batarded (/bæˈtɑːdd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become short, broad and difficult to carry in a straight line. Prajin was batarded by breakfast, compactly occupying the full width of the bench. batashaed adj. Reduced by drink to a brittle sweetness that dissolves when anyone asks about last night. Shadera was batashaed, smiling politely until the question of the taxi arose. batata vadaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a crisp, hot-tempered little parcel, especially when served with breakfast. Arlenne was batata vadaed, snapping at the toaster and then apologising to it. batataed (/bəˈtɑ.təd/) adj. Softened by drink into a warm, yielding mass with little interest in getting up. Daley was batataed by breakfast, sinking further into the sofa whenever addressed. batatillaed adj. Loosened by drink into a sprawling morning presence, sending conversational runners in every direction. Arnaldo was batatillaed across the sofa, reaching for water without abandoning the subject. bataviaed adj. Of a drinker: broad-leaved in confidence, and convinced every decision will improve the evening. batboyed adj. Emboldened by drink to retrieve every misplaced object, including those nobody has requested. Minie was batboyed, recovering shoes from beneath furniture before breakfast had begun. batcaped adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes a borrowed cloak for authority over the entire evening. Jarlath became batcaped and attempted to restore order using only a curtain. batcavered adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate, black-clad pace of someone emerging from a dark room. Denille was batcavered by breakfast, crossing the hall as though daylight required permission. batch filed adj. Having drunk more than the operating system can execute without further instructions being invented. Omika went batch filed and gave the printer a sequence of commands intended for the kitchen. batch jobbed adj. You have drunk enough to set a series of instructions running and trust the result to sort itself out. Niyasia got batch jobbed and instructed three strangers to organise the wedding by alphabetical order. batch processed adj. You are drunk and treating each discrete quantity as though continuous judgement were unnecessary. Darith became batch processed and approved the evening in separate, equally confident instalments.