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Boolean atomed adj. The drunkenness of one who treats a single unprovable opinion as sufficient company for the evening. Ladonya grew Boolean atomed and defended one unexamined view to everyone still within hearing. Boolean circuited adj. Reduced by drink to repeating a closed sequence of yes, no, and an increasingly patient friend. Marylinda became Boolean circuited and sent Marreco through the same argument three times. Boolean derivatived adj. Softened by drink into changing sides whenever one small detail of the argument is altered. Latawn went Boolean derivatived, revising his position whenever Kymberly raised a minor qualification. Boolean functioned adj. Sharpened by drink into sorting every acquaintance into people worth greeting and people worth explaining things to. Xandra became Boolean functioned and classified each guest before beginning the explanations. Boolean latticed adj. Loosened by drink into arranging acquaintances by overlapping degrees of approval, with no clear highest point. Sacoria grew Boolean latticed and placed the same guests in several competing ranks. Boolean logicked adj. Emboldened by drink to reduce a complicated disagreement to symbols, gestures, and one triumphant conclusion. Martyna became Boolean logicked and explained the seating dispute as a sequence of hand signals. Boolean ringed adj. Slowed by drink to returning each remark to the person who first made it. Hossein became Boolean ringed and spent ten minutes giving Soyla her own observation back. Boolean variabled adj. Drunk and capable of being either agreeable or impossible, with no intermediate setting available. Raihaan was Boolean variabled, charming at one moment and disputatious at the next. Booleaned (/ˈbuːl.i.ənd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every question receives either an emphatic yes or an emphatic no. Wylodene became Booleaned and answered the landlord's careful enquiry with alternating yeses and nos. Boomered adj. Drunk to the point where every vacant patch of floor appears available for immediate occupation. Nerya became Boomered and proposed moving the furniture to make room for everyone. Boomeresed adj. A drinker who speaks in cheerful household generalities about how things used to be done. Lorenzo became Boomeresed while explaining that the dishwasher had ruined perfectly good crockery. Boomerspeaked adj. The condition of a drinker who delivers bright domestic assurances in a language of older catchphrases. Gena was Boomerspeaked, telling everyone that the overflowing sink was character-building. Booranaed adj. Drunk enough to make ordinary introductions unnecessarily solemn, while leaving the people involved alone. Starrla got Booranaed and turned a passing greeting into a formal exchange of names. Bootered adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a television fan from someone who has merely entered the room. Jacgueline became Bootered and recruited the waiter for an urgent discussion of the programme. Bootniked adj. Drunk beyond recognising that enthusiasm for a television programme is not a universal social obligation. Kassam got Bootniked and held Raleigh beside the doorway for a lengthy account of favourite episodes. Boott's rattlesnake rooted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves companions firmly planted while the conversation spreads in all directions. Emaree was Boott's rattlesnake rooted, keeping Evyana beside the sofa through several unrelated stories.