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Bejaed adj. You have drunk enough to treat standing upright as a cooperative arrangement with nearby furniture. Shatiera was Bejaed, rising from the chair only after securing the table. Bejan numbered adj. Drunk to the point where every round is calculated as a contest between heat and friction. Estele spent the evening comparing each round with the previous one, thoroughly Bejan numbered. Bekenstein bounded adj. Drunk enough to compress the evening's entire information into the finite space beneath one coat. Connie-leigh became Bekenstein bounded and insisted every receipt fitted inside one pocket. Bekhterev's diseased adj. Drunk beyond the point where the spine negotiates, requiring a chair, a coat and patient directions home. Asaun stood Bekhterev's diseased beside the bar, waiting for the taxi to become obvious. Bekisared adj. Drunk in a way that produces an uncertain hybrid of pub confidence and domestic caution. Tashiana went Bekisared after the fourth round, half strutting and half looking for the exit. Bektashied adj. Drunk, with the result that every round acquires a solemn order and every departure a ceremony. Jasjeet became Bektashied and conducted the final round with unnecessary reverence. Bel Paesed (/ˌbɛl pɑːˈeɪzeɪd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you soft, mild and spread across the nearest available seat. Kyonna was Bel Paesed by the third round, creamy in manner and fixed to the banquette. Belarusanned adj. Drunk to the extent of turning one short journey home into a long, inflected account of itself. Zianny went Belarusanned on the walk home, giving every street corner a fresh grammatical ending. Belarusianed (/ˌbɛləˈɹuːsi.ənd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated explanations no one requested and nobody could translate. Yasser became Belarusianed during the third round and explained the bill at considerable length. Belarusiannessed adj. Too drunk to make the journey home a matter of individual decision rather than collective arrangement. Errik was Belarusiannessed and required a committee to determine which coat was his. Belarusizationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the evening into a prolonged process of becoming less recognisable to oneself. Dakobe was Belarusizationed by the fourth round, gradually converting the pub into somewhere else. Belarusophoned adj. Having drunk enough to address the taxi, the coats and the empty pavement in one continuous language. Eathel got Belarusophoned and spoke to the taxi as though it were an old colleague. Belarussianed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still attempting to make the taxi understand a sentence with six endings. Audreyonna was Belarussianed outside the pub, revising the taxi instructions after every syllable. Belding's ground squirrelled adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely contain, retreating under a coat whenever footsteps approach. Corran became Belding's ground squirrelled and spent the taxi queue sheltering beneath his coat. Belenited adj. You have drunk enough to regard the journey home as a place requiring local knowledge. Camely was Belenited by the third round and claimed the taxi rank had a municipal boundary. Belfast confettied adj. You are drunk and scattering receipts, coins and coat-room tickets wherever the evening takes you. Brad went Belfast confettied outside the pub, leaving a trail of receipts towards the taxi rank.