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Betz limited adj. The condition of a drinker who has calculated the maximum possible efficiency and confidently exceeded it. Arios got Betz limited and claimed the quickest route home was through three locked gardens. Bev Alced adj. A drinker who has become the entire drinks trade in miniature, with everyone else reduced to distribution and sales. Jakobus went Bev Alced and attempted to place the remaining bottles with every guest individually. BevAlced adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion becomes a customer, distributor, or reluctant market. Jaimes was BevAlced and tried to diversify Fermin's glass before the taxi arrived. Bevan circled adj. The drunkenness of one who has found three separate reasons to go round the same argument. Madaleno was Bevan circled and returned to the opening point with renewed certainty. Bevan pointed adj. Reduced by drink to choosing one confident direction and treating it as a fixed point. Alford became Bevan pointed and indicated the locked cupboard as the certain way to the station. Bevanismed adj. Softened by drink into a programme of generous promises, none of which survives contact with arithmetic. Rafeek went Bevanismed and offered to settle every bill in the building. Bevanited adj. Sharpened by drink into a faction of one, with firm views and no remaining opposition. Sevanna became Bevanited and divided the supper into loyalists and abstainers. Beverened adj. Loosened by drink into a rare Belgian rabbit, uncertain where the garden ends and the sitting room begins. Williiam got Beverened and spent twenty minutes investigating the skirting board for edible evidence. Beveridge curved adj. Emboldened by drink to plot employment opportunities against vacancies, using the pub as the labour market. Pravya became Beveridge curved and matched every unemployed cousin with an unfilled bar stool. Beveridge modelled adj. Slowed by drink to providing universal care through taxation, including unsolicited treatment for strangers. Yosalin got Beveridge modelled and diagnosed the entire queue from behind the fruit machine. Bevin Boyed adj. Drunk and volunteering for the deepest available task, having mistaken conscription for a personal calling. Carmilita went Bevin Boyed and offered to mine the cellar for forgotten bottles. Bewick's swanned adj. Drunk to the point where a small swan seems an entirely credible route home. Lonya got Bewick's swanned and tried to follow the smallest bird across the ornamental pond. Bewick's wrenned adj. Drunk enough to defend a tiny North American bird as the obvious authority on the evening. Edisa became Bewick's wrenned and corrected the landlord on the bird’s continental range. Beybladed (/ˈbeɪˌbleɪdd/) adj. Drunk past the point of stopping, now spinning through decisions with the confidence of a toy. Brandyn, Beybladed, sent the takeaway order rotating between four incompatible restaurants. Beybladered adj. Drunk beyond reason and passionately defending the tactical merits of a spinning top. Zedek became Beybladered and challenged the doorman to a tournament using loose change. Beyer-Garratted adj. Drunk in a way that makes every decision arrive articulated, powerful and impossible to reverse. Mofiyinfoluwa got Beyer-Garratted and hauled the entire party towards a pub several streets away.