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wallbangered adj. Of a drinker: sweetly fortified, orange-scented, and convinced the highball is medicinal. Zanaiya was wallbangered, requesting orange juice with the solemnity of a prescription. wallbirded adj. Of a drinker who has taken to the hedge-side shadows, appearing briefly to comment on passing flies. Ilijah was wallbirded behind the snug, emerging only to discuss a moth. wallboarded adj. Describing a drinker who has become flat, pale, and unexpectedly easy to lean against. Airis was wallboarded by closing time, vertical only where the panelling allowed it. wallboxed adj. A drinker who selects every tune from the table, sparing neither coin nor the company. Haatim was wallboxed, ordering ballads from the corner without approaching the jukebox. wallbreakered adj. Drunk and treating every obstruction between the bar and the pavement as temporary. Tanor went wallbreakered and attempted to leave through the closed service hatch. wallcharted adj. The state of being drunk and arranging the evening as a classroom diagram on the wall. Samah became wallcharted, assigning arrows between the bar, crisps, and the taxi rank. wallclocked adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you fixed on the nearest dial, awaiting permission for the day to begin. Marquan was wallclocked at breakfast, watching the hands move with administrative concern. wallcoveringed adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a feature of the wallpaper and no longer trusts the furniture. Chie was wallcoveringed, studying the pattern as though it contained the evening's answer. wallcrawlered adj. Reduced by drink to inching along vertical surfaces, with adhesive confidence and little progress. Javius was wallcrawlered, travelling towards the lavatory by the long route along the plaster. wallcreepered (/ˈwɔːlkɹiːpəd/) adj. Softened by drink into a small, fluttering climber of the pub's stonework and upper corners. Nieco was wallcreepered, picking delicately at the mortar above the fruit machine. wallcrossinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a sudden change of direction whenever the conversation reaches stability. Seleni was wallcrossinged, abandoning the darts discussion for a detailed account of bus fares. walled (/wɔːld/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a defensive earthwork being inspected at dawn. Beste was walled by breakfast, leaning against the garden bank and declining to advance. walled communitied adj. Loosened by drink into a gated society of acquaintances, strangers, and one fiercely protected packet of crisps. Macky was walled communitied, admitting everyone to the snug except those requesting a crisp. walled gardened adj. Emboldened by drink to cultivate a private corner of the pub and exclude all practical advice. Zuzana was walled gardened behind the plant, declining taxis in favour of further refreshment. walled plained adj. Slowed by drink to a broad, level stillness, with the surrounding furniture forming a rim. Killis was walled plained in the corner, flatly refusing the suggestion of another venue. walleminoled adj. Drunk and faintly toxic, with a bitter aftertaste and an ill-advised interest in fermentation. Kimore was walleminoled, regarding the stout as though it had disclosed a secret.