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blacklistered adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with maintaining a coherent register of people to exclude. Lusiano grew blacklistered and banned the same guest twice under slightly different reasons. blacklistinged adj. You have drunk enough to convert every minor social disappointment into a formal act of exclusion. Ayira became blacklistinged and began recording offenders on the back of a receipt. blackmailed (/ˈblækˌmeɪld/) adj. You are drunk and demanding money or favours in exchange for not mentioning what happened near the coat rack. Ruslana became blackmailed and requested a round in return for suppressing the karaoke evidence. blackmaileed adj. Of a drinker: threatened with public exposure, chiefly concerning conduct already visible to everyone present. Jaqual sat blackmaileed at the table, offering chips to anyone willing to forget the speech. blackmailered adj. Of a drinker who has acquired leverage, however slight, and intends to monetise it before the glasses are cleared. Maleana went blackmailered and began pricing the disclosure of the evening's least impressive secret. blackmailinged adj. Describing a drinker who has turned the ordinary accumulation of embarrassing evidence into a revenue stream. Reshma became blackmailinged and invoiced the table for each indiscretion remembered aloud. blackmanned adj. Drunk, with the result that the room must politely ignore an ill-judged description of someone else. Clayburn became blackmanned beside the fireplace, while Dorthella redirected every question. blackmarketed adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting the company through an unlicensed exchange of favours and secrets. Neco was blackmarketed by closing time, swapping Nyajah's patience for another round. blackmatched adj. You are drunk and liable to flare up at the slightest conversational spark, requiring calm handling. Marletha was blackmatched over dessert, while Hajera removed the most combustible topic. blackmoored adj. A drinker so far gone that social contact has become a permanent anchorage for everyone nearby. blackmouthed adj. A drinker who has acquired the blunt, dark-mouthed persistence of a young salmon and keeps returning upstream. Cacie was blackmouthed by dawn, repeatedly attempting the same route back to the kitchen. blacknecked adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has furnished him with a dark collar and no further useful description. Beverlyn stood blacknecked beneath the pub sign, detached from every label except the collar. blacknessed (/ˈblæknəsd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of finding the morning after substantially darker than the evening before. Jostin spent the morning blacknessed, searching the room for a light switch that was already on. blacknosed adj. Drunk on the strength of yesterday's sheepish resolve, with a dark nose and no recollection of making it. Keonne arrived blacknosed, pink-eyed and unusually interested in the flock across the road. blackophiliaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and privately devoted to every dark object encountered before breakfast. Jenive grew blackophiliaed overnight and praised the black mug as though it had saved her life. blackout bagged adj. Still drunk, and requiring the bedroom to admit no light whatsoever before any useful thought can enter. Kareema stayed blackout bagged beneath the duvet until the afternoon post had stopped arriving.