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belly-achinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every request arrives disguised as a grievance and every grievance seeks sympathy. Kelly-anne was belly-achinged, claiming the crisps had personally failed her between rounds. belly-banded adj. The drunkenness of one who has fastened himself to the nearest support and calls it balance. Genai was belly-banded to the settle, using its back as a dependable piece of equipment. belly-buttonned adj. Of a drinker who has located the centre of the matter, usually somewhere near your own waistcoat. Sahit became belly-buttonned and inspected the dinner table as though it concealed a secret. belly-danced adj. A drinker so far gone that your stomach leads, your judgement follows, and both believe they are performing. Sianne got belly-danced and negotiated a kebab delivery for an address she had not chosen. belly-dumpered adj. Drunk by closing time, and unloading everything from below, including opinions, coins and supper. Tasiya came home belly-dumpered and emptied her handbag beside the glass of water. belly-floped adj. Too drunk to descend conventionally, arriving instead with the front of the body first. Nally got belly-floped onto the sofa and remained there beneath a cushion. belly-godded adj. Sharpened by drink into an oracle of appetite, issuing domestic commandments about toast and water. Zmari was belly-godded on the sofa, demanding toast with the authority of an ancient deity. belly-tembered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who regards food, rather than conversation, as the evening's structural support. Kahurangi was belly-tembered on the sofa, balancing toast beside a glass of water. belly-timbered (/ˈbɛliˌtɪmbəd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish supper from provender, and repeatedly request both from the bar. Damika got belly-timbered and ordered a second tea-time plate after finishing the first. belly-timmered adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every edible thing in the snug as necessary provender. Guynelle became belly-timmered and inspected the bar snacks as though provisioning a farmhand. belly-up peached adj. Still drunk, and lying flat with the soft, horizontal composure of fruit that has lost its firmness. Spartacus was belly-up peached on the settle, face down and unavailable for further plans. belly-wahked adj. Of a drinker who has converted a minor abdominal disturbance into a matter for the county court. Prince spent the evening belly-wahked, solemnly consulting the menu about his stomach. belly-warked adj. Describing a drinker who has elevated a modest stomach ache into a constitutional crisis. Detravious became belly-warked and addressed his indigestion as though it were Parliament. bellyache bushed adj. Of a drinker: spreading irritably through the conversation, with the persistent reach of a roadside weed. bellyache rooted adj. Of a drinker who has taken firm root beside the bar and made a stomach complaint of it. Jovanka was bellyache rooted beside the hand-pull, unwilling to move until the matter had been discussed. bellyache weeded adj. Describing a drinker who keeps putting out small, persistent complaints wherever conversation has taken hold. Claudia grew bellyache weeded through the quiz team, raising a minor objection to every answer.