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silver aged adj. Drunk beyond the golden hour, with the evening's achievements beginning to look slightly less distinguished. silver alerted adj. Drunk in a way that sends the whole pub looking for you when you have merely changed seats. silver anniversaried adj. Drunk, with the result that every couple at the bar is congratulated for reaching twenty-five years. silver balled adj. Drunk to a degree that each lost ball becomes a personal grievance against the laws of physics. Jontrell was silver balled at the arcade, blaming the machine for every missed shot. silver banded adj. Drunk to the extent of supplying his own brass section whenever the bar falls quiet. Duane went silver banded and marched round the snug humming a tune nobody recognised. silver bathed adj. Drunk on the strength of a solution that makes every face at the bar seem ready for printing. silver beachweeded adj. Drunk since last orders, and spreading along the pavement in low, wind-bothered clumps. silver beered adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the bar towel as a trophy from a hard-fought contest. silver berried adj. Having drunk enough to scatter bright little intentions everywhere, none of which reaches maturity. Berlene went silver berried and left a trail of unfinished errands between the bar and the stairs. silver birched adj. Drunk by closing time, and drooping attractively while shedding fragments of conversation. Krisalynn was silver birched by closing time, leaning beneath the awning in quiet flakes of speech. silver boxed adj. Still drunk, and operating the conversation through sixteen buttons when four would have done. Kristopfer was silver boxed, pressing imaginary keys before answering the landlord. silver breamed adj. Too drunk to swim straight through a conversation, but still schooling confidently towards the crisps. silver bromided adj. Sufficiently drunk to become light-sensitive, flat-toned, and best kept away from bright discussion. silver bulleted adj. Having drunk enough to regard one particular solution as capable of defeating every monster in the room. Josefrancisco went silver bulleted and offered lager as the answer to the haunted jukebox. silver carped adj. Having drunk more than sensible and now circling the same complaint with the persistence of a stocked pond. silver ceilinged adj. You have drunk enough to regard every middle-aged refusal as a promotion opportunity denied. Aqila was silver ceilinged, interpreting the landlord’s refusal to serve another round as age discrimination.