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bean caked adj. Describing a drinker who has gone soft and set, while friends debate whether to move or serve him. Khattab was bean caked on the sofa, and Kearney placed a coaster beside him. bean chuted adj. You have drunk enough to pass snacks through the narrowest available opening and call it hospitality. Leahgrace became bean chuted, feeding crisps through the gap beneath the snug door. bean clammed adj. You are drunk and shut tight, opening only to accept another handful of salted snacks. Naneka was bean clammed, silent until the bowl of nuts came round again. bean countered adj. Of a drinker: counting the crisps, the pints and the pennies with equal devotion. Malorey got bean countered and audited the bar tab down to the final peanut. bean cowried adj. A drinker who retreats into a small, hard shell whenever the conversation reaches the bill. Fezaan went bean cowried when the group began discussing whose turn it was to buy. bean curded adj. A drinker so far gone that the thoughts have set into one pale, yielding mass. Cleotis was bean curded by midnight, agreeing softly with whatever the landlord suggested. bean curved adj. The state of being drunk and bending every straight account of the evening into a peculiar loop. Fainche became bean curved, explaining how the darts had returned before being thrown. bean dipped adj. The condition of a drinker who has absorbed the room's warmth and now offers it back in thick portions. Carris was bean dipped, dispensing generous spoonfuls of affection from the corner booth. bean eatered adj. Reduced by drink to consuming whatever resembles dinner, including the decorative arrangement. Toyce became bean eatered and praised the vase for its excellent seasoning. bean feasted adj. Reduced by drink to organising an employee dinner for people who have never worked together. Rayana became bean feasted and delivered a speech thanking Kyante for his years of service. bean goosed adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving north in a solemn, grey procession towards the crisps. Masai got bean goosed and joined the queue for the lavatory in formation. bean holed adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring burial beneath a blanket until the kitchen becomes habitable. Nester was bean holed beneath the duvet before the taxi had finished turning round. bean jarred adj. Still drunk, and stewed with such composure that only the spoon suggests a domestic emergency. Stracy arrived bean jarred and sat quietly beside the slow cooker. bean kinged adj. Too drunk to relinquish ceremonial authority after discovering a pulse in the pudding. Tametria became bean kinged and appointed the dog Keeper of the Napkins. bean leafrollered adj. Sufficiently drunk to fold into the nearest leaf and wait for the climate to improve. Kaesen got bean leafrollered and slept beneath the garden table. bean machined adj. Having drunk enough to descend through every available conversation, eventually emerging beside the coat stand. Creshawn went bean machined and reached the hallway without answering a single question.