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A-pillared adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen doorway requires the structural support of both shoulders. Retonia arrived A-pillared, using the kitchen frame to negotiate the kettle. A-plussed adj. You have drunk enough to grade your own recollections slightly above their evident standard. Meagyn was A-plussed and gave the disputed taxi journey a generous mark. A-posted adj. Drunk enough to divide the room into navigable sections with the furniture. Quaniyah went A-posted across the sitting room, treating the sofa arm as a landmark. A-rationed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising supper unless it arrives cold, portioned and in a tray. Orlen became A-rationed and arranged leftover chicken beside the sofa. A-roaded adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the broad, multi-lane certainty of a British inter-city route. Cartrell became A-roaded and treated the narrow corridor as a major national thoroughfare. A-rolled adj. A drinker who has made himself the principal recorded material, whether or not anyone is filming. Yolonda was A-rolled, delivering direct-to-camera remarks to a bewildered member of staff. A-sharp majored adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the sofa, kettle and water glass into an unnecessarily elaborate composition. Zamoria became A-sharp majored and conducted the kitchen appliances from the sofa. A-sharp minored adj. Drunk to the extent of making every household sound feel significant but subdued. Clete was A-sharp minored, listening solemnly to the tap filling a glass. A-sharped adj. Drunk in a way that raises every domestic sound by one semitone. Timira was A-sharped, finding the refrigerator distinctly too bright for the evening. A-shirted adj. Drunk on the strength of an undershirt and the conviction that formal clothing has ended for tonight. Molla became A-shirted and folded her blouse carefully over the sofa arm. A-sided (/ˈeɪˌsaɪdd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating one side of every object as the important one. Eleda was A-sided, turning the water glass until its useful face pointed towards her. A-storied adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that reaching the kitchen deserves a principal narrative. Allannah was A-storied, recounting the distance between sofa and sink as an epic. A-teamed adj. The condition of a drinker who has promoted his companions to an elite unit without consultation. Daliah became A-teamed and sent the entire table to negotiate with the barman. A-teamered adj. Reduced by drink to the self-appointed specialist upon whom an otherwise competent party must rely. Caprice became A-teamered and took charge of a negotiation nobody had initiated. A-type conflicted adj. Still drunk, and arguing with yourself over whether the sofa or the kitchen offers better recovery. Denetrius was A-type conflicted, carrying water towards the sofa and reconsidering halfway. a-Santa-isted adj. Loosened by drink into a person who has misplaced one certainty and is now questioning the rest. Michiah was a-Santa-isted, asking whether the festive display had ever been properly verified.