beak-ironned
beakmented

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beak-ironned adj. A drinker who approaches each decision with the confidence of an anvil's narrowest point. beak-sedged adj. Drunk in a way that produces a dense fringe of small, sharp decisions around one large mistake. Makynlee went beak-sedged and surrounded the sensible plan with elaborate but unnecessary conditions.
beaked (/biːkd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the mouth rigidly occupied with pecking at toast and asking for water. Devaya woke beaked and attacked the toast in small, determined movements. beaked salmonned adj. The state of being drunk and pursuing a narrow course along the edge of every conversation. Melonye went beaked salmonned, sliding between groups without once reaching the middle of the room. beaked whaled adj. The condition of a drinker who disappears to improbable depths and returns with no useful explanation. Jettie went beaked whaled beneath the buffet table and emerged convinced the napkins had appointed him captain. beaker folked adj. Reduced by drink to stacking vessels in a pattern whose purpose is confidently, but incorrectly, understood. Demeisha went beaker folked and arranged the tumblers in a ceremonial line towards the lavatories. beaker peopled adj. Softened by drink into treating every vessel as an inhabited settlement requiring a mayor. beakered (/ˈbiːkə(ɹ)d/) adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every glass as laboratory equipment and every conclusion as provisional. Chassica became beakered and labelled the wine glasses before rearranging them by apparent acidity. beakerfuled adj. Sharpened by drink into measuring confidence by the vessel, and filling it accordingly. Tazion went beakerfuled and declared that one container was the precise amount needed for a new career. beakfished adj. Loosened by drink into a brightly patterned certainty that the room is a navigable reef. Toronda went beakfished and attempted to school the bar stools into a formation behind her. beakfulled adj. Emboldened by drink to carry off more food than judgement, dignity, or the mouth can accommodate. Fozia went beakfulled and attempted to transport three sandwiches through the crowded lounge. beakheaded adj. Drunk and projecting into the evening before the rest of the person has caught up. Louie-jay went beakheaded and led the queue into the wrong entrance with considerable assurance. beakinessed adj. Drunk to the point where every remark acquires a conspicuous point and should be approached sideways. Anfrenee became beakinessed and delivered each opinion from the sharpest available angle. beakironned adj. A drinker so far gone that every problem appears to require a pointed metal solution. Tangela became beakironned and offered the table fork as an instrument of negotiation. beaklessnessed adj. Drunk enough to attempt delicate decisions without the usual instrument for picking them up. Andhy went beaklessnessed and tried to lift the coin using only a determined expression.
beakmented adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that a modest portion is not a personal challenge. Livingston went beakmented and ordered a quarter measure as though accepting a military commission.