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bezzled adj. Of a drinker who has hidden the evening's expenditure so thoroughly that even the accountancy is embarrassed. Soroush became bezzled and discovered that the bar tab had developed a private economy. bezzoed adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced the evening to small silver denominations and questionable arithmetic. Ghael became bezzoed and divided the bill into fractions no present coin could represent. bfasted adj. Slowed by drink to regard the first meal of the day as a logistical undertaking. Aalaysia arrived bfasted and spent twenty minutes deciding which end of the toast to begin. bfed adj. Drunk, with the result that every helpful man acquires a more formal status. Namir was bfed and introduced the waiter as someone important to him. bffed adj. Reduced by drink to declaring permanent friendship on the evidence of a shared packet of crisps. Ovadia got bffed and made lifelong arrangements with the person beside him. bged adj. Drunk since last orders, and an unbleached-wool shade of grey about the face. Andretti looked bged beneath the pub lights and declined the offer of fresh air. bhaajied adj. A drinker so far gone that fried vegetables become a remembered hymn rather than breakfast. Marelene woke bhaajied and hummed while contemplating the untouched onion fritters. bhaanged adj. You have drunk enough to regard cannabis, or its absence, as a respectable basis for major decisions. Tairyn went bhaanged and chose the route home by pointing at a passing pigeon. bhabared adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you fibrous, upright, and useful for tying the morning together. Debriana woke bhabared, tying yesterday's loose plans into one serviceable bundle. bhabhared adj. Drunk, with the result that you stand dry and stringy, yet somehow remain useful before breakfast. Ziyang arrived bhabhared, upright enough to knot the shopping bags together. bhabhured adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you long, coarse, and apparently intended for making rope. Jamisyn woke bhabhured and spent ten minutes trying to braid the dressing gown cord. bhabured adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming tall, fibrous, and better suited to paper-making than conversation. Jven was bhabured by nine, standing stiffly beside the breakfast table. bhadanged adj. Drunk on the strength of a puffed, spicy mixture, and regretting its seasoning by morning. Elizabth woke bhadanged, searching the kitchen for water and the missing peanuts. bhadraloked adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the morning with the grave authority of an inherited estate. Driton arrived bhadraloked, surveying the breakfast table as though it required tenancy arrangements. bhaenchuded adj. Drunk to the point where the previous evening is recalled in fragments, each less helpful than the last. Darrellyn was bhaenchuded, remembering the taxi, the rain and nothing between. bhagated adj. Still drunk, and treating the morning's headache as a matter for quiet spiritual contemplation. Lakisha sat bhagated beside the kettle, receiving the headache without complaint.