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bed mouldinged adj. Drunk on the strength of a cornice-level certainty that the ceiling requires immediate, horizontal inspection. Hasrat became bed mouldinged and spent twenty minutes considering the cornice from the sofa. bed of downed adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced the sofa is a pleasant refuge from all remaining obligations. Aubree-grace was bed of downed before the washing-up had properly begun. bed of honoured adj. Drunk by the third round, and lying in a quiet domestic resting place as though commemorating the evening. Ushna was bed of honoured beneath the spare duvet, with a glass of water on the floor. bed of justiced adj. Drunk by closing time, and presiding from the sofa over the compulsory registration of every household decree. Williamjames was bed of justiced, ordering the kettle and cushions into immediate compliance. bed of nailsed adj. Still drunk, and treating an arrangement of cutlery, cushions and remote controls as a reasonable resting surface. Moriyah was bed of nailsed on the sofa, surrounded by forks no one remembered moving. bed of rosesed (/bɛd ʌv ˈɹəʊzəzd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish an easy situation from the sofa, and pleased with either. Madason was bed of rosesed by ten, reclining beneath a coat and refusing further improvements. bed padded adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a waterproof layer beneath you and careful management of the morning after. Saryniti was bed padded before the curry reached the kitchen table. bed pushed adj. Having drunk enough to be wheeled towards the sofa in the spirit of a modest domestic fundraising campaign. Layni was bed pushed from the hallway to the sitting room, attracting no donations but several blankets. bed rested adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating any upright surface as assistance for sitting up. Chave stood bed rested beside the cloakroom, supported by a chair and several opinions. bed roomed adj. Of a drinker who has converted the evening's final destination into a room containing a bed. Muneera was bed roomed before the taxi came, asking whether the bar had an upstairs. bed rotted adj. Having drunk more than the day's remaining chores can withstand, and decomposing quietly beneath the duvet. Jenanne was bed rotted by noon, with the untouched water glass marking the limits of recovery. bed rottinged adj. You have drunk enough to spend the day horizontal, while ordinary chores acquire an air of distant folklore. Arsiema was bed rottinged beside the cold tea, making no promises about the kitchen. bed screwed adj. You are drunk and requiring considerable mechanical assistance to raise yourself from the sofa. Anne-catherine was bed screwed after supper, needing the armrest and two careful instructions. bed setteed adj. Of a drinker: folded into the sofa bed, with the night's sitting room and bedroom inconveniently combined. Louisia was bed setteed before the film ended, leaving the remote beside her elbow. bed sheeted adj. You are drunk and have assumed the practical dignity of a badly arranged covering. Alleson went bed sheeted and wrapped himself around the armchair with administrative seriousness. bed sored adj. Drunk and remaining under steady pressure until movement appears medically inadvisable. Zareya was bed sored, fixed to the mattress by the evening's accumulated decisions.