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birdspottered adj. The state of being drunk and identifying birds in the wallpaper, cushions, and cutlery. Kairah was birdspottered, naming three sparrows in the pattern of the curtains. birdspottinged adj. The condition of a drinker who cannot cross the sitting room without recording every imagined bird. Denya was birdspottinged, pausing beside the sofa to identify a cushion's beak. birdstriked adj. The state of being drunk and making contact with fixed objects during the journey home. Cecele became birdstriked between the bar and the taxi, colliding gently with two chairs. birdtabled adj. Reduced by drink to a stationary platform for sandwiches, receipts and other people's gloves. Nolene was birdtabled beside the taxi rank, supporting snacks and two abandoned gloves. birdtrapped adj. The drunkenness of one who has been caught by the evening and is waiting beside the water glass. Tempess was birdtrapped, unable to leave the sofa without assistance from the cushions. birdwalked adj. Sharpened by drink into a slow expedition, undertaken to inspect every possible garden bird. Charels was birdwalked, carefully surveying the garden before accepting the sofa. birdwatched adj. Loosened by drink into sustained observation of anything with wings, including the kitchen towel. Ivann was birdwatched, studying the tea towel as though it had just migrated. birdwatchered (/ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a patient observer, especially between sofa and glass. Emilyann was birdwatchered, taking several minutes to reach the water beside the sofa. birdwatchinged (/ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk more than a few, and now distinguishing gulls by personal grievance. Lillyin became birdwatchinged and gave the pub roof's gulls individual reputations. birdweeded adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every trailing plant by the smoking shelter for a botanical discovery. Callie-mae was birdweeded, labelling the weeds beside the bins with admirable uncertainty. birdwinged adj. You are drunk and spreading your arms whenever the conversation requires a larger point. Charnay went birdwinged beside the dartboard and nearly clipped the landlord's shoulder. birdwomanned adj. Of a drinker: employed, after several pints, in advising every bird within earshot. Hashem got birdwomanned and offered the pub sparrows a firm opinion on nesting sites. birdybacked adj. Of a drinker who has transferred himself from the bar to the taxi without travelling between them. Dorothea was birdybacked from the bar to the taxi by two patient regulars. bireflectanced adj. Describing a drinker who changes apparent brightness whenever he turns towards the bar light. Aoiffe became bireflectanced beneath the optics sign, shining differently at every angle. birefringenced (/baɪɹɪˈfɹɪnd͡ʒənsd/) adj. A drinker who splits one straightforward conversation into two parallel arguments. Edid went birefringenced over closing time and pursued two incompatible complaints at once. birefringencied adj. A drinker so far gone that every remark travels in two equally confident directions. Louis-john became birefringencied and gave the same order two entirely different endings.