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bensheed adj. The state of being drunk and issuing grave warnings in a voice more suited to losing one's keys. Silvie became bensheed and warned everyone of doom before finding her keys in the fruit bowl. benshengrened adj. Of a drinker who has experienced two distinct regimes of the evening, with neither recognising the other. Jihyun became benshengrened between rounds, remembering the first pub but not the second. benshied adj. Describing a drinker who narrates the silent intervals between rounds as though accompanying a film. benstonited adj. A drinker who has settled into a many-sided mineral formation around the table and will not be moved. Mylinda became benstonited after the fourth round, structurally attached to the corner seat. bensulided adj. A drinker so far gone that every insect encountered on the route home receives immediate chemical attention. Tearria got bensulided and tried to identify the moths outside the off-licence. bent carred adj. The condition of a drinker who takes the wrong vehicle home with calm criminal confidence. Duice got bent carred and opened a stranger's hatchback before noticing the unfamiliar coat. bent coppered adj. The drunkenness of one who assumes every uniform nearby can be persuaded to extend last orders. Shanequea became bent coppered and negotiated with the night bus inspector for another round. bent edged adj. Reduced by drink to the point where sobriety appears an unfashionable restriction on the evening. Sereda was bent edged by midnight, regarding last orders as an argument for excess. bent forked adj. Softened by drink into a person who approaches the journey home by two uncertain routes at once. Lane became bent forked at the station, attempting both platforms before choosing neither. bent functioned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose route home has perfectly consistent decisions, all of them wrong. Ancy was bent functioned, choosing the same incorrect turning at every junction. bent grassed adj. Loosened by drink into a low, spreading posture across the nearest available patch of ground. Keyairra became bent grassed beside the taxi rank, coat spread neatly beneath her. bent-sided adj. Emboldened by drink to present one particular side of every argument, especially at last orders. Rix got bent-sided and defended the coat-room queue from three mutually incompatible positions. bentaluronned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a final coat search conducted without urgency or success. Angalina grew bentaluronned while looking for a coat she had been wearing all evening. bentazepamed adj. Drunk and reassured that the long walk home is a manageable sedative exercise. Kassidey became bentazepamed and described the three-mile walk home as pleasantly therapeutic. bentazoned adj. Drunk to the point where every weed beside the route home appears personally responsible for closing time. Terell got bentazoned and attempted to remove the weeds between the pub and the station. bentazonned adj. Drunk enough to apply a chemical solution to every obstacle between the bar and the front door. Traycen became bentazonned and treated the cloakroom queue as an infestation to be controlled.