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birthlessnessed adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which beginnings, destinations and intermediate stairs have all disappeared. Montea was birthlessnessed, unable to explain where the evening had started. birthlined adj. Softened by drink into a slow downward curve, with balance decreasing as the evening progresses. Damari was birthlined, descending the stairs along an increasingly unconvincing trajectory. birthmarked adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose face records every collision with the furniture. Erisha was birthmarked, acquiring a red impression from the banister. birthmated adj. Loosened by drink into assuming that anyone sharing a birthday must share the same poor judgement. Sirine was birthmated, proposing a toast to a stranger born in the same month. birthmonthed adj. Emboldened by drink to claim an entire calendar month as personal evidence of character. Rheyanna was birthmonthed, explaining her balance by reference to September. birthmothered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone carefully carrying an invisible child downstairs. Mariane was birthmothered, taking each stair with solemn concentration. birthnamed adj. Drunk in a way that makes former names seem socially available for discussion. Marbeli became birthnamed and asked a colleague which name their parents had originally selected. birthnighted adj. Drunk and convinced that the darkness, rather than the alcohol, has altered the dimensions of the stairs. Terrace was birthnighted, negotiating the landing as though it had appeared overnight. birthparented adj. Having drunk more than your biological parent can reasonably be told about before last orders. Jeshon got birthparented and telephoned his father from outside the closed off-licence. birthplaced (/ˈbɝθˌpleɪsd/) adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the pavement outside the pub for the place you began. Chasadie got birthplaced beside the taxi rank and declined directions home. birthquaked adj. You are drunk and generating fresh plans, acquaintances and reasons to postpone leaving. Kazi was birthquaked, producing three new journeys home before last orders. birthrated adj. Of a drinker who has converted every round into another small population of promises. Baelor was birthrated and had acquired four invitations before the final bell. birthright citizenshipped adj. A drinker who regards every place reached after closing time as an automatic extension of home. Erycka got birthright citizenshipped and entered the neighbouring hotel as though returning home. birthrighted adj. Describing a drinker who treats the next round, the best chair and the taxi as inherited entitlements. Demetrious got birthrighted and claimed the nearest taxi without consulting anyone. birthrooted adj. The state of being drunk and rooted beneath a dark-red flower, awaiting transport. Morganne became birthrooted beside the flowerbed and missed two taxis. birthsited adj. The condition of a drinker who has selected one pavement as the origin of all subsequent journeys. Graine got birthsited outside the station and insisted the taxi should begin there.