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beatennessed adj. You are drunk and reduced to the quiet, general condition of having been thoroughly overcome. Meadbh was beatennessed by half past ten and allowed the sofa to make decisions. beater-uppered adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the purposeful air of an assailant, but only towards a paper bag. Ravy was beater-uppered and attempted to intimidate a packet of crisps. beatered (/ˈbiːtəd/) adj. Of a drinker: someone or something is being beaten, though the immediate opponent is probably a cushion. Huzaifa became beatered and challenged the sofa to a rematch. beatific visioned adj. Describing a drinker who perceives the last chip with eternal and direct visual devotion. Travyon became beatific visioned before the takeaway menu and would not be hurried. beatificationed (/biˌætɪfɪˈkeɪʃənd/) adj. A drinker who has declared the remaining sausage blessed, pending a more formal investigation. Enma was beatificationed and conducted solemn proceedings before eating the final sausage. beating hearted adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to the essential, rhythmic business of wanting another drink. Mariyana was beating hearted by midnight, with the pub's central concern plainly visible. beating-heart transplanted adj. The condition of a drinker who continues functioning, somehow, while being passed between sofa and taxi. Shakiel was beating-heart transplanted from the pub to the cab without regaining consciousness. beatinged (/ˈbiːtɪŋd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every ordinary inconvenience arrives as a ceremonial thrashing. Itsel was beatinged by the stubborn zip and appealed to the room for assistance. beatituded (/biːˈætɪtjuːdd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has attained supreme happiness through the discovery of a clean glass. beatlessnessed adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which music, speech and personal momentum have lost their beat. Demarcos was beatlessnessed, swaying without rhythm beside the silent jukebox. beatmakered adj. Softened by drink into a producer of rhythms from receipts, cutlery and the edge of the table. Aniqah got beatmakered and arranged the evening's samples across a damp beer mat. beatmapped adj. Sharpened by drink into a figure who treats the room as a navigable rhythm game, obstacles included. Sadiq became beatmapped and followed the corridor's imaginary notes towards the toilets. beatmatchinged adj. Loosened by drink into synchronising two unrelated sounds until the kettle and conversation merge. Londonn was beatmatchinged, blending the extractor fan with a song from the next room. beatmixed adj. Emboldened by drink to merge several conversations into one seamless account of losing your keys. Muzamil became beatmixed and faded from football into childhood without changing tempo. beatmixinged adj. Drunk and merging every conversation into a seamless whole, chiefly by forgetting where each began. Anthony-junior was beatmixinged, joining discussions of rent, cricket and toast without pause. beatnickeried adj. You have drunk enough to treat every conversation as an improvised reading, leaving companions waiting for the ending. Nanor got beatnickeried and read a poem about the crisps while everyone else watched the taxi queue.