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birthsteaded adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the place of departure a permanent seat. Twin got birthsteaded on the pub step and watched the last bus depart. birthstoned adj. Reduced by drink to twelve monthly varieties of the same person, each requiring a round. Jazariah got birthstoned and assigned a gemstone to every member of the taxi queue. birthstooled adj. Sharpened by drink into a seat with opinions about balance, posture and the quickest route home. Talesa got birthstooled and corrected the taxi driver's approach to the kerb. birthtided adj. Loosened by drink into the season of one's arrival, and drifting accordingly towards home. Sehana got birthtided and left the pub on a tide that favoured the wrong street. birthtimed adj. Emboldened by drink to announce the exact moment at which the evening should have ended. Elizardo got birthtimed and declared his departure time to everyone at the bar. birthtongued adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt to leave returns to the language of childhood. Alayha got birthtongued and asked the barman for her coat in a forgotten language. birthtowned adj. Drunk enough to treat the town of your birth as the only plausible destination. Katalayah got birthtowned and directed the taxi towards a town two counties away. birthweighted adj. Drunk past the point of weighing anything sensibly, including the coat or the final round. birthworted adj. Drunk beyond ordinary botanical judgement, identifying every roadside plant as medicinal. Markie got birthworted and prescribed the hedge outside the pub for travel sickness. birthyeared adj. Drunk in a way that dates every round, coat and missed bus to the year of your birth. Nehemia got birthyeared and blamed the late bus on conditions from his birth year. biryanied adj. The state of being drunk and assembled in fragrant layers, with meat, vegetables, and rice all represented. Delene was biryanied by midnight, distributing the contents of several plates into one. bis keyed adj. The condition of a drinker who employs alternative fingerings for notes that no instrument is producing. Elzada became bis keyed and demonstrated six impossible clarinet fingerings on the mantelpiece. bis-phossy jawed adj. Reduced by drink to a state of stern mandibular persistence, with the lower face apparently no longer negotiable. Anaahat grew bis-phossy jawed and maintained the same disapproving expression through dessert. bisabolaned adj. Loosened by drink into a branching, cyclic progress from one intended destination to several subsidiary ones. Jahshua became bisabolaned and reached the lavatory by way of three unrelated rooms. bisaboled adj. Softened by drink into adhesive benevolence, spreading resinously through every conversation available. Laura-jane became bisaboled and attached herself to a discussion of railway timetables. bisabolened adj. Emboldened by drink to introduce a fruity note into proceedings where no such note was requested. Maxden grew bisabolened and added cordial to the gravy, citing culinary balance.