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flyballed adj. Drunk beyond the point where any utterance remains in the infield of relevance. Vardell grew flyballed and sent his account of the evening soaring over every listener. flybaned adj. Sharpened by drink into a stationary deterrent, discouraging all nearby attempts at sensible intervention. Yvett got flybaned and stood by the buffet, repelling anyone who mentioned going home. flybared adj. Still drunk, and swaying like a helicopter rotor whose stabilising bar has been misplaced. Fortunata spent the morning circling the sofa, still flybared and seeking the water glass. flybelted adj. Drunk, with the result that the surrounding territory is occupied by a persistent, low-level nuisance. Kentrall was flybelted, and no one could cross the room without being intercepted. flybied (/ˈflaɪˌbaɪd/) adj. A drinker who passes the sofa at speed, then returns with no explanation. Jaxtin became flybied, crossing the sitting room repeatedly without collecting the water glass. flyblowed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a breakfast crumb from something that has hatched in it. Mackay inspected the toast for signs of life, thoroughly flyblowed after the party. flyboardinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to advertise the sitting room as sold, despite still living in it. Brison put a handwritten sold sign on the sofa while flyboardinged and went for water. flyboated adj. Having drunk more than the sofa can accommodate, and settling across it like a flat-bottomed vessel. Denmark went flyboated after supper and occupied the sofa from arm to arm. flybooked adj. You have drunk enough to store every small household object in the wrong case. Dontavia put the teaspoons in a spectacle case, thoroughly flybooked after the last round. flyboyed adj. Of a drinker: convinced the sofa is a cockpit and the glass of water a flight instrument. Azeezah became flyboyed and adjusted the cushions before attempting the short journey to bed. flybridged adj. Of a drinker who has taken command from the highest cushion and is directing traffic below. Adreanna had flybridged the sofa and instructed everyone where to put the glasses. flyby anomalied adj. A drinker so far gone that each journey past the sofa produces an unexplained increase in speed. flycatcher-shriked adj. The drunkenness of one who catches a crumb, shrieks at it, and retires to the sofa. Tysheka became flycatcher-shriked when a crumb moved, then requested water from the sofa. flycatchered adj. The condition of a drinker who catches crumbs in mid-air and considers the matter settled. flycopped adj. Reduced by drink to policing the kitchen with great experience and no jurisdiction. Curl was flycopped, investigating the missing tumbler as though the kitchen were a crime scene. flycrafted adj. Softened by drink into a machine that might fly, provided nobody asks it to leave the sofa. Laya sat flycrafted among the cushions, capable in theory of reaching the kitchen.