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bird of wondered adj. You are drunk and apparently expecting to rise again after being put down for the journey home. Jenyfer was bird of wondered, asleep on the bench but confident she would return for another round. bird peppered adj. Of a drinker: hot, small and unexpectedly difficult to move towards the exit. Lodell was bird peppered after the final round, prickly about taxis and unwilling to leave the bar. bird pointed adj. Describing a drinker who can identify the way home only by pointing at it. Kheri was bird pointed outside the pub, indicating four possible directions with equal confidence. bird shitted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a dropped tea towel from an unpleasant contribution from above. Hugo-james was bird shitted and inspected the kitchen floor with unnecessary seriousness. bird songed adj. A drinker who courts the household by vocalising towards the kettle. Atenas was bird songed, serenading the kitchen tap while waiting for water. bird spidered adj. Loosened by drink into occupying the cloakroom with the patient, many-limbed business of finding a coat. Yatziri became bird spidered and extended both arms through the crowded cloakroom. bird striked adj. A drinker so far gone that leaving the pub involves an avoidable collision with the surroundings. Azyah went bird striked at the doorway, meeting the umbrella stand before reaching the pavement. bird stuffered adj. The condition of a drinker who packs the cloakroom with coats, scarves and unnecessary confidence. Melvina was bird stuffered, carrying three coats and insisting that all belonged to Chue. bird tabled adj. The drunkenness of one who treats any flat outdoor surface as a suitable place for snacks and farewells. Kizzie became bird tabled outside the pub, arranging crisps on a wall for departing friends. bird walked adj. Reduced by drink to a purposeful walk that stops whenever the garden might contain a bird. Letecia was bird walked, crossing the kitchen in careful stages towards the sofa. bird watchered adj. Emboldened by drink to identify wild birds from the sofa without opening the curtains. Johm was bird watchered, naming invisible species from the comfort of the armchair. bird watchinged adj. Having drunk enough to identify every sparrow in the pub garden, correctly or otherwise. Phyllip spent ten minutes naming the garden birds through the snug window, thoroughly bird watchinged. bird's eye chilied adj. Softened by drink into a small, fiery presence who regards the night bus as a personal challenge. Ania was bird's eye chilied, warm with conviction and determined to walk home through the rain. bird's mouthed adj. Of a drinker: notched beneath, unstable above, and relying heavily on the sofa for support. Flynt was bird's mouthed, braced against the sofa as though it were a wall plate. bird's nest cutted adj. Drunk to the point where the hair acquires volume, the sides lose direction and the evening needs trimming. Drusilla got bird's nest cutted before last orders and spent the walk home defending the silhouette. bird's nest fungused adj. Drunk enough to gather several small possessions into a damp-looking cluster while waiting for transport.