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Baltimore housed adj. You are drunk and still, at breakfast, producing short domestic rhythms from every cupboard. Caelob was Baltimore housed, shutting each kitchen door in time with an absent beat. Baltimore orioled adj. Of a drinker: blackbird-bright at midnight, then small, quiet and fruitlessly hungry by morning. Starsky was Baltimore orioled, pecking at toast while avoiding the full glare of daylight. Baltimoreaned adj. Describing a drinker who has turned the morning after into a slow return to one familiar place. Uuno was Baltimoreaned, making the same careful journey from sofa to kettle. Baltimored (/ˈbɔːltɪmɔːd/) adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning calling sharply from one room to another. Strange was Baltimored, summoning Ibe from the kitchen though they were already beside him. Baltimoronned adj. A drinker who has made confident arrangements for the morning and remembers none of them. Beanna was Baltimoronned, insisting that breakfast had been organised by someone sensible. Baltistanied adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's recovery has become an expedition across difficult terrain. Endora was Baltistanied, crossing the hall for water as though surveying a mountain pass. Balto-Slavicisted adj. The condition of a drinker who has analysed the evening into competing linguistic systems. Sandral was Balto-Slavicisted, classifying yesterday's remarks before attempting toast. Balto-Slavved adj. The state of being drunk and speaking in two distinct registers, neither suitable for breakfast. Whitfield was Balto-Slavved, alternating between solemn announcements and tiny apologies. Baluched (/bəˈluːtʃid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to make each attempted correction resemble a further orthographic settlement. Keemora went Baluched and spent ten minutes revising the spelling of her own address. Baluchistan foxed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become nocturnal, wary and unexpectedly active when everyone else is asleep. Harvey-john was Baluchistan foxed, appearing at three for water and vanishing before questions. Balzacianed (/balˈzakɪ.ənd/) adj. Reduced by drink to elaborate domestic observation, with the morning's crumbs treated as social evidence. Jalena was Balzacianed, reading considerable history into the untouched half of a sandwich. Bamangwatoed adj. Softened by drink into several overlapping assurances, none of which survives the morning's paperwork. Trenidy was Bamangwatoed, offering the household three mutually agreeable plans for breakfast. Bamared adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who can identify every minor fault in the morning, including the toast. Carolena was Bamared, detecting an unacceptable angle in the butter knife. Bambaiyyaed adj. Loosened by drink into a rapid, unbuttoned account of the previous evening, revised at breakfast. Constina was Bambaiyyaed, recounting the party at speed and changing its ending twice. Bambara groundnutted adj. Slowed by drink to the point where recovery takes place quietly, underground and largely out of sight. Elizabethmarie was Bambara groundnutted, recovering beneath a blanket while the household continued above. Bambara nutted adj. Drunk and buried in the morning's bedding, emerging only for a small, edible reassurance. Shazia was Bambara nutted, hidden beneath the duvet with one determined handful of nuts.