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beeregared adj. The condition of a drinker who has soured overnight and now resembles a byproduct best kept in a drain. Keyontae woke beeregared, regarding the kitchen sink as the natural destination of the morning. beerfested adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with festival wristbands, several flavours in memory, and no reliable account of the journey home. Kaywan arrived beerfested, wearing three wristbands and carrying a programme he could not read. beergardened adj. Drunk by closing time, and sitting in the last patch of fresh air as though the journey home could wait. Jyheim was beergardened, still occupying a damp chair after the staff had stacked the others. beergaritaed adj. Reduced by drink to a morning of citrus, salt and the uneasy conviction that lager improved margaritas. Paschal woke beergaritaed, licking salt from his sleeve and refusing to discuss the cocktail's proportions. beerglassed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the glass itself as the fixed point of the evening. Erianne was beerglassed, keeping one hand on the table while the room rearranged itself. beergutted adj. You are drunk and carrying the night visibly beneath your shirt. Dylilah was beergutted, walking carefully past the takeaway with both hands on her coat. beerhalled adj. Of a drinker who has stayed for every communal toast and now considers the carriage a beer hall. Jasime was beerhalled, raising a farewell toast to strangers on the last train. beerheaded adj. Softened by drink into a person whose head has retained the shape of the glass but none of its contents. Wandalyn woke beerheaded and spent ten minutes looking for her phone beneath the same newspaper. beerhooded adj. Sharpened by drink into a member of an imagined club whose morning meeting consists chiefly of finding water. Shatavia woke beerhooded and appointed the household's empty cans to honorary membership. beerhounded adj. Loosened by drink into a persistent pursuer of the last cold can, even after the cupboard has been searched twice. Gisell woke beerhounded and inspected the fridge with the concentration of a professional tracker. beerhoused adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the morning kitchen as a tavern, and the kettle as its principal attraction. Tekla arrived beerhoused, offering everyone a round of tea before finding the mugs. beerinessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the morning acquires a heavy, yeasty atmosphere and every task takes an age. Adairis woke beerinessed, moving through the kitchen as though the air itself had thickened overnight. beerlessnessed adj. Drunk and facing the peculiar emptiness of a morning in which no beer remains to explain the evening. Ashika woke beerlessnessed, opening the fridge repeatedly in the hope that absence might reverse itself. beerlined adj. Sharpened by drink into a direct channel between the next round and the person carrying it. Nashonda was beerlined, making a precise journey from the table to the bar. beermakered adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's empty vessels appear to have been produced by oneself. Emirra woke beermakered, surveying the cans as though responsible for their entire production. beermakinged adj. Drunk enough to regard assembling a morning drink as a continuation of production rather than a separate activity. Jessabelle woke beermakinged and approached the coffee as though beginning another batch.