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beermated adj. Emboldened by drink to place the final glass on any surface and call it sensible. Joseandres was beermated, using the hostess's handbag as a temporary table. beermongered adj. Drunk past the point of selling anything except the idea that another drink would improve the morning. Florette woke beermongered, offering imaginary bargains on cans nobody wanted. beernutted adj. Loosened by drink into a small, salty nuisance passed from one member of the company to another. Exilda was beernutted and repeatedly offered crisps to people who had declined them. beerocked adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a filled roll from a sound financial investment. Abie was beerocked and tried to put a stuffed roll on the bar as a deposit. beerocracied adj. Drunk beyond remembering who is in charge, while continuing to assign authority to whoever controls the refreshments. Katiuska woke beerocracied, holding a council meeting about toast and granting the kettle a casting vote. beerocrated adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning governed by whoever can reach the remaining bottle. Makylee woke beerocrated, issuing breakfast instructions from beside the drinks cabinet. beerophiled adj. Drunk, with the result that every empty bottle is remembered fondly and none is permitted to leave the room. Loriena woke beerophiled, arranging the empties carefully before agreeing to breakfast. beerpoted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the morning mug seem both excessively large and personally significant. Teneille woke beerpoted, cradling a coffee cup with the care usually reserved for crockery in a museum. beerpulled adj. The drunkenness of one who works the bar's handle with mechanical confidence and no evident terminal point. Tasmine sat beerpulled, treating the pump as an instrument requiring continual practice. beershopped adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every closed shop passed on the way home as a personal disappointment. Khrystyne woke beershopped, recalling three shuttered premises and none of the route between them. beersicled adj. Drunk on the strength of a frozen serving and consequently thawing into the morning with some reluctance. Jenella woke beersicled, waiting for the coffee to become drinkable before becoming so herself. beersied adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced by morning to the vague, compact condition of a single unremarkable serving. Reighn woke beersied, occupying one corner of the sofa and contributing little beyond warmth. beerstoned adj. Drunk by the third round, and left by morning with a chalky deposit of regret around the edges. Darcy-ella woke beerstoned, inspecting the glass rings as though they were evidence from an old vessel. beertailed adj. Drunk by closing time, and dragging the mixed remains of the evening behind you into the morning. Veeran woke beertailed, with several unrelated garnishes in his pockets and no explanation for any of them. beertendered adj. Still drunk, and serving the morning's coffee with the grave concentration of someone keeping a bar open. Alasiah remained beertendered, pouring coffee for the table and refusing payment in toast. beertinied adj. Sharpened by drink into treating a beer garnished with olives as a martini, and ordering another. Markevious became beertinied and requested olives with his pint, as though this were a respectable cocktail bar.