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byrewomanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has taken charge of the household cows, none of which are present. byrlawed adj. Still drunk, and carrying yesterday's invented regulations into today's perfectly ordinary decisions. Elaisha arrived byrlawed and objected to breakfast on grounds of an obsolete seating custom. byrnied (/ˈbɜːnid/) adj. The drunkenness of one who feels adequately protected by a short coat and refuses the sofa's assistance. Darryal became byrnied and claimed the cardigan would protect him from the kitchen floor. byroaded adj. Reduced by drink to reaching the glass of water by the least-frequented route through the house. Demaurie went byroaded and approached the kitchen through the dining room. byrrhided adj. Softened by drink into a small, rounded household creature beneath the sofa blanket. Solie got byrrhided and curled beneath the blanket with water balanced nearby. byrrhoided adj. Sharpened by drink into a beetle-like determination to reach one particular glass of water. Maycee became byrrhoided and advanced steadily across the carpet towards the tumbler. byrunninged adj. Emboldened by drink to pass every sensible stopping point between the front door and the sofa. Anthony-john got byrunninged and walked straight past the kitchen when offered water. bysacked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a wallet being searched for the one useful card. Kobin became bysacked and emptied his pockets carefully beside the sofa. byshopped adj. Reduced by drink to an obsolete authority, issuing solemn instructions which nobody requested. Danann was byshopped, giving old-fashioned advice about the correct handling of a round. bysittered adj. Having drunk enough to sit beside the conversation all evening without ever joining in. Timone remained by the snug, thoroughly bysittered, while the regulars settled the matter. bysmalithed adj. Having drunk more than can be sensibly contained, and standing in the doorway like a plug in a vent. Luck was bysmalithed, wedged in the doorway and impervious to gentle suggestions. byspeeched adj. You are drunk and supplying small, irrelevant speeches whenever the room falls briefly quiet. Jahyden became byspeeched and addressed the bar towel at considerable length. byspelled adj. Of a drinker: treating every minor event as an example worth recounting over another half. Sukhreet got byspelled and gave the barmaid an example of each way to lose a bet. byssinosised (/ˌbɪsɪˈnəʊsɪsd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a dry, cotton-dust cough between pints and refuses to leave the snug. Carl-junior sounded byssinosised by closing time, though he still ordered crisps. byssochlamic acided adj. Describing a drinker who has turned quietly poisonous, particularly after someone mentions the last round. Byson got byssochlamic acided when the bill arrived, and the table fell silent. byssolited adj. A drinker who has gone olive-green and fibrous around the edges, yet remains upright at the bar. Brittaini looked byssolited beneath the pub's green light and declined the offered water.