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eanlinged adj. Softened by drink into a newborn kid, bleating faintly at the prospect of breakfast. Kealyn was eanlinged, wrapped in a blanket and objecting softly to the daylight. ear balled adj. Reduced by drink to a pair of improvised ear protectors, usually made from yesterday's clothing. Kyralee woke ear balled, with two rolled socks beside her head. ear beered adj. Drunk by the third round, and insisting the evening requires disinfecting before the journey home. Suszanne became ear beered and recommended a cleansing pint before calling a taxi. ear bobbed adj. Slowed by drink to a gentle bobbing motion whenever the head is asked to remain upright. Binnie sat ear bobbed through breakfast, nodding towards the marmalade. ear boned adj. Drunk to the point where every sound seems to arrive through a rigid internal structure. Medhansh sat ear boned, insisting the toaster was speaking directly through him. ear budded adj. Drunk by closing time, and producing a small, tasselled account of every round consumed. Nathinal got ear budded and described each drink as though it had silk. ear canalled adj. Too drunk to leave by the obvious route, and proceeding through a narrow passage of repeated directions. Carlester was ear canalled, taking the alley because the main road sounded too complicated. ear candied adj. Having drunk more than the conversation can bear, and still requesting another pleasant noise. Claydon was ear candied, ordering music and a final round after everyone had left. ear candled adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning arrives muffled, indistinct, and requiring remedies that sound more plausible than they are. Elvi spent the morning ear candled, convinced that complete silence and a large amount of toast was evidence-based treatment. ear candlinged adj. Having drunk enough to conduct the evening's final clearance operation beside the coat stand. Azden got ear candlinged and attempted to clear the coat stand by candlelight. ear chaired adj. You have drunk enough to become a winged seat for anyone needing directions home. Lalicia went ear chaired and supported two friends while explaining the route to the taxi rank. ear cockled adj. Drunk to a degree that the ears have blackened and contracted into a distinctly agricultural morning-after state. Daielle woke ear cockled and blamed the darkened ears on the stout. ear coninged adj. You are drunk and attempting to funnel the last orders directly into the journey home. Remond got ear coninged and tried to pour the final round into a paper cup. ear daggered adj. Of a drinker: carrying the evening like a medieval weapon, with the hilt showing first. Vaneisha arrived ear daggered, displaying the night's courage from beneath her coat. ear defendered adj. Of a drinker who has endured several rounds and now requires protection from further suggestions. Manoah became ear defendered when friends proposed one final pub. ear dropped adj. Describing a drinker who loses one small detail of the route with every round. Marytheresa got ear dropped and misplaced the station between the pub and the taxi rank.