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byked adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake with a private headache and no interest in explaining its origin. Marquetta was byked by breakfast, answering enquiries with one careful nod. byknifed adj. Having drunk enough to discover, by morning, a secondary headache carried beside the principal one. Jaiana was byknifed over coffee, with a smaller pain tucked beside the main one. bylanded (/ˈbaɪləndd/) adj. You have drunk enough to wake on a narrow projection of safety, surrounded by the consequences of last night. Troylynn was bylanded on the sofa, marooned between the blanket and the empty glass. bylandered adj. A drinker who has chosen an obsolete route with complete confidence and no means of reconsidering it. Handerson went bylandered towards the locked towpath gate without consulting anyone. bylaned adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a secondary lane as anything other than the obvious destination. Zorien became bylaned and directed the taxi into a lane barely wider than the car. bylaw officered adj. Too drunk to obey municipal rules, but confident enough to enforce them on passing strangers. Davone went bylaw officered and questioned a cyclist about the width of his bell. bylawed (/ˈbaɪ.lɔːd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating an improvised pub rule as settled civic practice. Tirelle became bylawed and refused to let anyone leave without signing the guest book. byleed adj. Sufficiently drunk to choose the slower two-wheeled conveyance and call it superior transport. Tyrod became byleed and attempted to summon an ox cart for the journey home. bylinaed (/bəˈliːnəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to turn a simple anecdote into an East Slavic oral epic. Trejaun went bylinaed and gave the bartender a heroic account of finding his lost glove. bylined (/ˈbaɪlaɪnd/) adj. Of a drinker: claiming authorship of the evening's decisions, particularly the regrettable ones. Amyna went bylined and put her name to the decision to walk home through the park. bylinered adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a passing opinion for publishable authority. Yazmin became bylinered and delivered signed reviews of every sandwich on the table. bylynaed adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warrants, and recasting a minor mishap as heroic tradition. Mercedeez became bylynaed and treated a dropped kebab as the fall of an ancient champion. bymattered adj. Describing a drinker who treats every trivial side incident as the main business. Elsee went bymattered and spent twenty minutes resolving an argument about a loose napkin. bymovirused adj. A drinker who spreads one confident but unverified idea through the room. bynamed adj. The state of being drunk and furnishing everyone present with an unnecessary secondary name. Lealer became bynamed and renamed the entire table after qualities they did not possess. bynedestinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has thickened into a malt-born certainty about every decision. Lillyin went bynedestinned and declared the shortest route home to be constitutionally correct.