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birthday carded adj. Having drunk enough to address greetings to people whose names are not yet known. Keante became birthday carded and wrote warm wishes to the coat-room attendant. birthday effected adj. Having drunk more than statistical prudence permits, and regarding the calendar as a mortality table. Shaydie became birthday effected and treated the candles as evidence requiring immediate actuarial review. birthday girled adj. You have drunk enough to accept ceremonial feminine honours from any gathering with a cake. Trovon got birthday girled and accepted a sash from a child who had brought it for someone else. birthday noodled adj. You are drunk and consuming longevity symbolically, one interminable strand at a time. Nhia sat birthday noodled over a single strand, explaining that haste was inimical to continued existence. birthday paradoxed adj. Of a drinker who has discovered that two strangers share a date and considers this conclusive. Bodhan got birthday paradoxed and introduced two customers as statistical relatives. birthday partied adj. Describing a drinker who has converted any gathering into an anniversary celebration. Jocene became birthday partied and arranged a toast for the empty chair. birthday problemed adj. Of a drinker: unable to trust coincidence, and calculating shared anniversaries among people who have departed. Idabel was birthday problemed, pairing every guest by date while the remaining guests sought their coats. birthday suited adj. A drinker so far gone that clothing has become an optional interpretation of the occasion. Daiah became birthday suited and attempted to leave wearing only a paper crown. birthday suitered adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken undress for a conventional celebratory role. Quaashie became birthday suitered and stood quietly beside the wrapped presents. birthday-suited adj. The state of being drunk and dressed according to no recognised standard of modesty. Bhavan got birthday-suited and folded his trousers beside the birthday cake. birthdaycarded adj. Having drunk more than convention permits, and addressing an anniversary in one unbroken word. Ingeborg got birthdaycarded and posted a message without spaces or punctuation. birthdayed (/ˈbɜːθ.did/) adj. Drunk on the strength of an anniversary which may have occurred, or may merely be remembered. Keyoni became birthdayed and accepted a candle from an unconnected table. birthdomed adj. The drunkenness of one who has identified the pub as the land of his birth. Janari became birthdomed and declared the bar his ancestral territory. birthed (/bɪɹθd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of beginning life afresh, shortly before being delivered into a taxi. Deeandre became birthed at closing time and was delivered gently towards the nearest rear seat. birthered (/ˈbɝθɚd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and giving unsolicited accounts of how everyone came into the world. Adriela was birthered, assigning a delivery-room history to everyone on the stairs. birtheristed adj. Drunk by the third round, and certain that the official explanation for everything is a cover story. Kohlten became birtheristed and challenged the pub’s account of who had fathered whom.