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flying bishopped adj. Softened by drink into an itinerant administrator of other people's arguments. Dohn went flying bishopped, moving between tables to settle disputes nobody had raised. flying boated adj. Sharpened by drink into a seaplane: capable of alighting gracefully on any wet surface, but not the pavement. Johniyah was flying boated and landed neatly beside the pub's puddle. flying bombed adj. Emboldened by drink to make a guided attack on the most distant available stool. Dnyla got flying bombed and crossed the lounge in one determined, indirect descent. flying bricked adj. Slowed by drink to the handling characteristics of a heavy aircraft with insufficient power. Gwynetta went flying bricked and required the full width of the passage to turn. flying bridged adj. Drunk and stationed above proceedings, issuing observations from the highest available landing. Leolia was flying bridged on the bench, directing traffic through the crowded snug. flying buttressed adj. Drunk to the point where support is provided from a respectful distance by anything arch-shaped. flying camped adj. Drunk enough to become a rapidly relocating body of troops, with no agreed objective. Ella-jane was flying camped, transferring from the lounge to the snug at short notice. flying carped adj. Drunk beyond reason and moving through the pub like an invasive silver fish. Mataeo was flying carped, nosing through every gathering and displacing the smaller fry. flying carpeted adj. Drunk in a way that makes every change of room appear instantaneous and enchanted. flying carred adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a road journey from an airborne one. Burwell went flying carred and asked whether the taxi could take the scenic route above town. flying catted adj. Drunk, with the result that the body takes to furniture by gliding rather than climbing. flying circused adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the bar into a fighter wing and every remark into a sortie. Amarr was flying circused, making repeated passes over the same untouched bowl of crisps. flying coffinned adj. Drunk to the extent of making a hazardous descent from stool to floor. Karynn was flying coffinned, approaching the last step with an alarming accident record. flying colorsed adj. Drunk on the strength of a great success, particularly one involving finding the pub again. flying coloursed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still regarding the evening's survival as a notable triumph. Zerriah was flying coloursed, having made it from the bar to the taxi rank unaided. flying columned adj. The drunkenness of one who conducts a mobile campaign against the coat stand.