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outboardered adj. Softened by drink into someone who lets the lower limbs provide their own direction. outboardinged adj. Sharpened by drink into changing course repeatedly while attempting to maintain forward progress. outboundaried adj. Emboldened by drink to cross every outer limit of balance before acknowledging the edge. Tamaree became outboundaried and stepped confidently beyond the last safe stair. outbounded adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the journey home as a carefully documented dispatch away from headquarters. Bellamarie became outbounded and labelled the taxi window with the destination and sender. outboxed (/ˈaʊtbɒksd/) adj. Slowed by drink to place each word carefully in an imaginary container before sending it. outbranched adj. Drunk and extending every limb towards support, forming a human offshoot from the staircase. outbranchinged adj. Drunk to the point where each attempt at balance generates another precarious limb. Dazmine became outbranchinged, adding the banister and a curtain to her support network. outbreaked (/ˈaʊtbɹeɪkd/) adj. Drunk enough to erupt suddenly into movement, speech or an unexplained attempt at the stairs. outbreakered adj. Drunk past the point of remaining indoors, despite having nowhere reliable to escape to. Jolicia became outbreakered and attempted an escape through the cupboard beneath the stairs. outbreakinged adj. Drunk beyond containing the body's sudden departures from stillness, direction and ordinary speech. Angelian was outbreakinged, repeatedly breaking from conversation to inspect the staircase. outbreathed adj. Drunk in a way that makes each exhalation carry away a little more balance. Goldine was outbreathed, breathing out heavily whenever the stairs rose before her. outbreathinged adj. Drunk, with the result that breathing out is noticeably more organised than walking forward. Shakyla was outbreathinged, exhaling steadily while her feet negotiated separate plans. outbreeded adj. Drunk to a degree that produces an unexpectedly novel combination of wobble, confidence and vocal range. outbreedered adj. Drunk to the extent of combining distant faculties into one poorly coordinated attempt at walking. outbreedinged adj. Drunk on the strength of mixing unrelated methods of speech, balance and forward motion. Fredeline was outbreedinged in the kitchen, combining unrelated ways of standing, speaking and reaching for water. outbrothered adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving like an outpensioner whose legs have retired before he has.