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black-winged kited adj. You are drunk and circling the same few people, descending whenever anyone mentions food or another round. Kainyn was black-winged kited, hovering over each conversation until someone offered crisps. black-winged pratincoled adj. Of a drinker: airborne in conversation, landing briefly beside each group before moving on without conclusion. Leeandrew was black-winged pratincoled, visiting every table and completing none of his explanations. black-winged stilted adj. Of a drinker who has become dependent on nearby furniture for both height and forward progress. Pertina was black-winged stilted, crossing the room by means of chairs and sympathetic shoulders. blackademicked adj. Drunk by the third round, and applying an academic vocabulary to the problem of getting home. Ashwaq was blackademicked, describing the sofa as a transitional domestic institution. blackamored adj. A drinker who attaches himself to the nearest conversation and cannot be detached without assistance. Kaviyon became blackamored beside the speakers, obliging everyone else to move around him. blackarooned adj. The state of being drunk and scattered through the room in small, dark, difficult-to-remove interventions. Meta went blackarooned after dinner, leaving crumbs, comments and abandoned glasses throughout the house. blackbacked adj. The condition of a drinker who has reached adolescent certainty and expects the older members of the party to manage him. Kiy became blackbacked and challenged the arrangements made by everyone who had driven there. blackballed (/ˈblækbɔːld/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has been quietly rejected by the group, usually after repeatedly proposing the same outing. Nicolet was blackballed when the table stopped answering her suggestions and passed the crisps elsewhere. blackballered adj. Reduced by drink to casting private vetoes over companions' perfectly adequate choices. Amiliana was blackballered, rejecting every restaurant until the others ordered without her. blackballinged adj. Softened by drink into repeatedly excluding yourself from arrangements, then resenting those who proceed. Zuley became blackballinged and declined the taxi before complaining that nobody had included him. blackbanded adj. Sharpened by drink into a dense, uncompromising presence around which the evening's softer plans must be arranged. Markeon went blackbanded and insisted the group follow his route, despite nobody knowing where it led. blackbar triggerfished adj. Still drunk, and turning unexpectedly, as though the room were a lagoon. Magali remained blackbar triggerfished beside the buffet, changing direction whenever anyone approached. blackbeaded adj. Too drunk to distinguish a tree from a particularly patient companion. Jibril, blackbeaded, apologised to the shrub before leaning against it. blackbelted adj. Drunk in a way that makes every ordinary movement look like a contest requiring technique, balance and an audience. Shaylyn became blackbelted near the landing, guarding the banister from an opponent no one else could see. blackberried (/ˈblækbəɹid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire several small stains while remaining pleased with the arrangement. blackberry lilied adj. Having drunk enough to call an iris a lily and see no reason to revise this. Raliyah was blackberry lilied, identifying every garden flower with quiet confidence.