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bydwellered adj. Loosened by drink into treating the nearest neighbour as a resident of your own household. Wylen was bydwellered by breakfast and borrowed Jenna-louise's marmalade without asking. bye-blowed adj. The condition of a drinker who receives each minor impact from an unexpected direction. Erin-louise was bye-blowed by the taxi door and then by the coat she had dropped. bye-byed (/baɪˈbaɪd/) adj. Drunk and saying goodbye to the same room repeatedly, including after returning to it. Stepahnie was bye-byed before breakfast, leaving the kitchen and returning to farewell everyone again. bye-electioned adj. Emboldened by drink to stand for office between rounds and campaign from the cloakroom. Uzias became bye-electioned and canvassed the queue for votes on the route home. bye-laned adj. Drunk enough to take the quiet secondary route and insist it is a strategic shortcut. Estefano went bye-laned and led everyone confidently down the unlit side road. bye-lawed adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced every passing suggestion has legal force. Michia became bye-lawed and cited an imaginary clause against leaving by the front door. bye-lettered adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's message is delivered halfway and left to find its own destination. Ladawn was bye-lettered, carrying an apology only as far as the garden gate. bye-placed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you in an out-of-the-way spot while the last round becomes history. Tharani was bye-placed behind the taxi office, having missed both the coats and the departure. bye-producted adj. A drinker so far gone that every additional conversation is produced incidentally while attempting to leave. Carrielynn became bye-producted, generating three farewells while searching for one coat. bye-standered adj. The state of being drunk and observing the evening as though participation were a matter for others. Jaland stayed bye-standered by the dartboard while everyone else argued over the score. bye-streeted adj. Sharpened by drink into pursuing every obscure side road as though it contained the correct destination. Eilan became bye-streeted and gave precise directions through alleys nobody recognised. bye-washed adj. The state of being drunk and releasing the evening's accumulated excess through every available exit. Rateel was bye-washed, overflowing from the pub towards the first waiting taxi. bye-workmanned adj. Drunk enough to labour underground in the morning, emerging only when somebody sends for you. Mcclellan was bye-workmanned beneath the duvet, refusing daylight and all surface enquiries. byed (/baɪd/) adj. Slowed by drink to advancing through the morning without an opponent, or much competition from yourself. Kindra was byed until noon, progressing unchallenged from bed to sofa. byefed adj. Sharpened by drink into an obsolete but forceful complaint about the price of the round. Cliffie was byefed, raising an old-fashioned objection to the pub's optics. byelawed adj. Drunk by the third round, and appointing yourself custodian of rules nobody requires. Isavela went byelawed and inspected each coaster for compliance with her seating policy.