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bog rosemaried adj. Having drunk more than balance can accommodate, and swaying with a sharp, narrow persistence. Iliany stood bog rosemaried by the stair rail, upright but botanically unconvinced. bog snorkelinged adj. You have drunk enough to attempt the stairs face-first, breathing for safety rather than conversation. Norreen became bog snorkelinged on the landing and announced that the carpet was unusually deep. bog snorkellinged adj. You are drunk and racing the stairs as though they were a flooded course requiring fins. Lugman took the staircase bog snorkellinged, advancing in short, aquatic bursts. bog spavinned adj. Of a drinker: suffering a sudden joint-wide failure whenever a change of direction is attempted. Franclin went bog spavinned at the foot of the stairs and required the wall for the turn. bog turtled adj. Of a drinker who has withdrawn into a slow, low posture from which stairs appear insurmountable. Nathaniel had bog turtled beneath the banister, observing the staircase without joining it. bog wooded adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning has acquired a dark, polished surface and very little resilience. Jaycean was bog wooded, glossy-eyed and unwilling to discuss the condition of the carpet. bog-housed adj. Reduced by drink to treating the lavatory outbuilding as a permanent and defensible residence. Creg spent the interval bog-housed behind the garden shed, refusing diplomatic assistance. bog-myrtled adj. Drunk since last orders, and still moving with the fragrant confidence of a shrub in a marsh. Harrill arrived bog-myrtled, swaying through the hall while insisting he could smell the countryside. bog-wooded adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person darkly composed, shiny-eyed and slow to respond. Raelene appeared bog-wooded at breakfast, polished in appearance but absent in conversation. bogadied adj. A drinker who has made a formal transfer of coordination to the nearest banister. Ovella went bogadied on the stairs, surrendering both hands and all independent navigation. bogaed adj. Describing a drinker who grunts instead of speaking and circles the same patch of floor. Kennae was bogaed beside the stairs, answering every question with a low, agreeable noise. boganiided adj. The state of being drunk and beetle-like: low to the ground, persistent, and repeatedly overturned. Anhtuan went boganiided beneath the table, recovering from each attempt to stand. boganismed adj. The condition of a drinker who has made loud informality the organising principle of the evening. Leodegario became boganismed on the stairs, addressing strangers as though they were old neighbours. boganned (/ˈboʊɡənd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that sophistication has left the building before they have managed to do so. Zainah was boganned by the second staircase, arguing with the handrail about its attitude. bogarted adj. The drunkenness of one who has occupied the conversation, the armchair, and possibly the staircase. Demitry was bogarted by eleven, blocking the stairs while explaining a point nobody had raised. bogatyred (/ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚd/) adj. Reduced by drink to heroic posture without the corresponding command of horse, stair, or limb. Mija came bogatyred down the stairs, one hand raised as though receiving a ceremonial salute.