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Bengalesed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a harmless name on the beer pump seem personally significant. Adisa became Bengalesed and saluted the pump whenever the lager badge caught the light. Bengali alphabeted adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranging every sentence in a long, elaborate sequence of characters. Delaila became Bengali alphabeted and ordered stout one carefully constructed syllable at a time. Bengali scripted adj. Still drunk, and writing the evening in looping marks no sober witness can decipher. Shamyla remained Bengali scripted, leaving elaborate curves across the back of a receipt. Bengalied (/bɛŋˈɡɑlid/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating an ordinary conversation as an entry in a gazetteer. Tiffoni was Bengalied by the third round, cataloguing everyone near the fruit machine. Bengalinessed adj. Too drunk to separate a person's identity from the evening's increasingly grand theories. Livi got Bengalinessed and found profound significance in the pub's framed map. Bengalisationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to convert every ordinary pub custom into something markedly more elaborate. Shelle became Bengalisationed and gave the bar snacks a ceremonial order of service. Bengalismed (/bɛŋˈɡɔːlɪzəmd/) adj. Having drunk enough to borrow a phrase for literary effect, whether or not anyone requested literature. Albee got Bengalismed and decorated his request for another pint with borrowed eloquence. Bengalled (/bɛŋˈɡɔːld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a domestic cat's indifference, stretching across the sofa and declining further plans. Kedarrius was Bengalled and occupied the sofa with the confidence of a household cat. Benghazi boilered adj. Having drunk more than a portable heater can sensibly have to do with the matter. Cheska was Benghazi boilered, warming both hands over a supposedly empty tankard. Benghazianed adj. You have drunk enough to turn the walk to the taxi rank into an expedition. Antrione became Benghazianed and consulted the kebab shop sign as a navigational aid. Bengied adj. You are drunk and using London bar slang with more confidence than accuracy. Nincy got Bengied and called the landlord geezer while asking for a half. Benglished adj. Of a drinker: conversing in a hybrid tongue assembled from pub English and whatever remains available. Uranus was Benglished, ordering a pint in one language and complaining about it in another. Benham's disced adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken spinning colours on a toy for a reliable guide to sobriety. Carletta became Benham's disced and spun the coaster to test whether the room was moving. Benham's disked adj. Describing a drinker who spins a marked beer mat and reports colours that nobody else can see. Devionne was Benham's disked, rotating the beer mat beneath the optics light. Benham's topped adj. A drinker who spins a coaster until the bar appears to produce its own colour spectrum. Kailin was Benham's topped, turning a lager mat until the fruit machine looked prismatic. Beni Amered adj. Drunk enough to mistake a wobble for a deliberate change of direction. Sheryn became Beni Amered and described the collision with the chair as evasive action.