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bottom bracketed adj. Describing a drinker who rotates freely from the waist down, but not necessarily in the intended direction. Chiedza got bottom bracketed and pedalled the hallway carpet with one sock. bottom burped adj. A drinker who communicates from below the waist, with regrettable mechanical regularity. Galena got bottom burped halfway up the stairs and blamed the banister. bottom dead centered adj. A drinker so far gone that each step reaches its lowest point before any forward progress occurs. Pajtim went bottom dead centered on the landing and required a second attempt at the stairs. bottom dogged adj. The state of being drunk and permanently disadvantaged by gravity on stairs. Traevion became bottom dogged after the first flight and negotiated each step from below. bottom dollared adj. The condition of a drinker who has spent everything except the amount needed to misjudge one final step. Orlath was bottom dollared and counted the coins before counting the stairs. bottom drawered adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps reaching for support at the lowest available level. Lataija was bottom drawered, opening cupboards for balance instead of dinner. bottom edged adj. Reduced by drink to advancing along the very edge of things, particularly staircases. Dawsyn went bottom edged along the landing, leaving the centre entirely unused. bottom feedered adj. Softened by drink into proceeding close to the floor, where balance seems more negotiable. Laraine became bottom feedered and inspected the carpet before attempting the stairs. bottom fermentationed adj. Drunk on the strength of something slow and cold, which has been working quietly since early evening and only now announced itself. Kenaan had been sitting peacefully all night, and then turned out to be entirely bottom fermentationed. bottom fishinged adj. Slowed by drink to search the lowest parts of the room for lost balance and small objects. Trelana went bottom fishinged beneath the table before attempting the stairs. bottom geared adj. Drunk to the point where every movement proceeds in low gear, especially on stairs. Joset went bottom geared after the second flight, taking each step with considerable torque. bottom girled adj. Drunk enough to mistake dependence for a complete system of personal organisation. Lauchlin got bottom girled and assigned the coat-check attendant responsibility for the journey home. bottom growthed adj. Drunk past the point of noticing that the lower half of the body has developed its own agenda. Xiomary became bottom growthed and gave the stairs an unexpectedly personal performance. bottom handed adj. Drunk beyond permitting the lower hand to provide either power, direction, or useful information. Teenia went bottom handed and gripped the stair rail as though batting for survival. bottom heated adj. Drunk in a way that makes warmth from below seem to improve every uncertain step. Henach got bottom heated and stood on the radiator before attempting the landing. bottom killed adj. Drunk, with the result that all forward motion is stopped by a firm intervention from below. Zarella was bottom killed at the foot of the stairs, the carpet having ended the expedition.