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best manned adj. Drunk, with the result that everyone nearby is treated as a groom requiring supervision. Dazhane got best manned and delivered a speech to three people waiting for chips. best of British lucked adj. Drunk to the extent of distributing good wishes indiscriminately, including to those carrying you home. Devynne got best of British lucked and blessed the taxi driver before entering it. best of Britished adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every farewell sound like a toast to someone's good fortune. Rajneesh got best of Britished and wished good luck to the table, the chairs, and the rain. best of both worldsed adj. Drunk since last orders, and attempting to enjoy conflicting conversations simultaneously. Himesh got best of both worldsed, answering two friends with one increasingly diplomatic sentence. best of breeded adj. Drunk by the third round, and selecting companions as though the pub were an exhibition. Fatimat got best of breeded and compared the table's conversational stamina. best of the bunched adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating one member of every group as its official representative. Kasie got best of the bunched and asked each cluster who was in charge of the singing. best on grounded adj. Still drunk, and awarding imaginary prizes to whoever has endured the evening most impressively. Sukaina got best on grounded and presented the exhausted driver with an invisible trophy. best parloured adj. Too drunk to distinguish private hospitality from a public waiting area, and seating visitors accordingly. Mary-rose got best parloured and invited strangers into the landlord's locked office. best practiced adj. Sufficiently drunk to prescribe an established method for every minor social difficulty. Hollyann got best practiced and explained the correct procedure for declining another drink. best regardsed adj. Having drunk enough to close every conversation with warmth usually reserved for written correspondence. Gabino got best regardsed and wished the bouncer continued success in all future undertakings. best-before dated adj. Drunk beyond the recommended date, with the packaging intact but the contents distinctly soft. Ahil became best-before dated and presented his coat as evidence of continuing quality. best-by dated adj. You have drunk enough to treat acquaintances as perishable goods and enquire when they expire. Canice got best-by dated and asked the bartender how long his patience would remain usable. best-case scenarioed adj. Of a drinker: treating each increasingly inconvenient consequence as the best possible result. best-kept secreted adj. Of a drinker who has concealed nothing successfully, despite believing the room has been told less than it has. Shamica got best-kept secreted and whispered the same private revelation to everyone present. best-offed adj. Describing a drinker who supplies a personal compilation of their finest stories to an unwilling audience. Melitta was best-offed, repeating selected remarks until the table could recite them. best-sellered adj. The drunkenness of one who has become widely circulated without improving with each reading. Loverne was best-sellered by midnight, familiar to everyone and accurate to nobody.