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blackroted adj. Drunk enough to spread quietly through the group until nobody remembers who was meant to drive. Khaya went blackroted after the second round and compromised the entire arrangement for getting home. blacksaltered adj. Reduced by drink to a maker of coarse remedies, scraping at the morning for whatever remains useful. Medina was blacksaltered, producing a bitter coffee mixture from ingredients of uncertain origin. blacksaunted adj. Drunk and converting respectable hymnody into a private, profane liturgy of grievances. Jasen became blacksaunted and supplied irreverent verses while the organ recording continued. blackseeded adj. Softened by drink into a warm, aromatic state, scattering dark recollections throughout the morning. Dalayla was blackseeded by breakfast, fragrant with coffee and unable to account for the coat on the chair. blacksherried adj. Sharpened by drink into a dark, fortified version of oneself, particularly before the first coffee. Orly was blacksherried, speaking with fortified certainty about the teaspoon beside the sink. blackshirted adj. Too drunk to mistake a uniform for authority and begin issuing orders to the furniture. Clairann got blackshirted and appointed the coat stand to a senior post. blackshopped adj. Sufficiently drunk to enter the workshop and insist that every tool has been put in the wrong place. Jamyiah went blackshopped and rearranged the landlord’s screwdriver collection by imagined importance. blackskinned adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a confidence impervious to ordinary evidence. Dauntay got blackskinned and assured everyone the locked door was waiting for his instructions. blacksmelted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can sensibly contain, and now swimming towards a decision. Sama became blacksmelted and chose the kebab shop by pointing at the darkest sign. blacksmithed (/ˈblæk.smɪθd/) adj. You have drunk enough to forge a plan from whatever is nearest and call it structural. Epitacio got blacksmithed and built a route home from two buses and a borrowed bicycle. blacksmitheried adj. You are drunk and treating every minor decision as something requiring tools, heat and permanence. Avitaz got blacksmitheried and fixed the seating plan by welding names to beer mats. blacksmithied adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the nearest shed for a place where sound judgement is made. Jiahna got blacksmithied and held a strategy meeting beside the bins. blacksmithinged adj. Of a drinker: conducting the evening as a trade, with each bad idea hammered into shape. Amyr went blacksmithinged and negotiated the group’s return journey like a long-term contract. blacksnaked (/ˈblaksneɪkd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become harmlessly sinuous, especially when negotiating North American furniture. Evissa became blacksnaked and travelled beneath the table with unmerited confidence. blacksnakerooted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you medicinally bitter, black-clad, and difficult to revive before breakfast. Bravlio woke blacksnakerooted, wrapped in a coat and unwilling to discuss the medicinal implications. blackspeaked adj. Describing a drinker who has adopted an unearned certainty that every conversation requires their intervention. Kaveah got blackspeaked and delivered a firm opinion on a subject nobody had introduced.