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beachballed adj. You are drunk and light enough in manner to be passed between groups without settling anywhere. Kashika was beachballed, carried from one conversation to Hamdan's before finishing a sentence. beachberried adj. Drunk beyond useful mobility, with a tropical flowering plant's quiet determination to remain where placed. Kaydynn was beachberried beside the vending machine until closing. beachboyed adj. Drunk in a way that suggests responsibility for rescuing others, while requiring supervision oneself. Aunika was beachboyed and attempted to patrol the shallow end of the pub. beachbreaked adj. The drunkenness of one who has broken across the gathering, scattering remarks and people in every direction. Marlena was beachbreaked, interrupting three conversations before Kearney guided her outside. beachcamed adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement is recorded and none is improved by observation. Rasean was beachcamed, providing the room with a continuous view of his decline. beachcombed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes searching the shoreline for small, irrelevant objects seem purposeful. Renuka was beachcombed, collecting bottle tops from beneath the table. beachcombered adj. Drunk to the extent of lingering around the harbour and accepting whatever assistance is offered. Keyli was beachcombered by midnight, living chiefly on crisps supplied by strangers. beachcombinged adj. Drunk on the strength of whatever can be found, borrowed, or quietly donated nearby. Zariha was beachcombinged and assembled dinner from abandoned bar snacks. beached (/biːt͡ʃd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to reach the edge of conversation and remain there, requiring retrieval by friends. Malaney was beached beside the buffet, while Shamore negotiated a safe route home. beached whaled adj. Drunk since last orders, and lying heavily where the evening happened to leave you. Evvie was beached whaled across the spare bed before anyone found a blanket. beachfaced adj. Drunk by the third round, and presenting a flat, steep front to all further conversation. Mourice was beachfaced by the third round, receiving remarks without visible response. beachfleaed adj. Drunk enough to make small, repeated departures from the group, each requiring a fresh search. Markail was beachfleaed, vanishing from the table whenever Shrinika looked away. beachfronted adj. Reduced by drink to walking the edge of every room, with the furniture treated as open water. Donyale spent twenty minutes beachfronted along the corridor, touching each wall for reassurance. beachfulled adj. Softened by drink into occupying enough floor space to fill a beach. Tabbatha became beachfulled beside the sofa and required careful navigation by everyone else. beachgirled adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every patch of open ground as an invitation to linger attractively. Hiilani got beachgirled beside the coat stand and declined several perfectly reasonable journeys home. beachgoered adj. Drunk and repeatedly setting off towards the nearest open space, without arriving at it. Tuvya was beachgoered, making determined expeditions from the pub to the taxi rank and back.