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autoarousaled adj. A drinker so far gone that admiration has become entirely self-service. Shanaja became autoarousaled and applauded her own entrance into the sitting room. autoasphyxiaed adj. The state of being drunk and attempting to silence oneself with one’s own scarf. Kadetra became autoasphyxiaed and had to be separated from an unnecessarily formal cravat. autoasphyxiationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has made strangulation an affair of personal administration. Jliana became autoasphyxiationed and required assistance with a perfectly ordinary scarf. autoassemblied adj. The drunkenness of one who expects the scattered parts of the evening to put themselves together. Lakeeva became autoassemblied and waited for the contents of her handbag to return to their places. autoassociationed adj. Reduced by drink to recognising every stranger as a familiar version of oneself. Elikya became autoassociationed and greeted the barman as a former schoolmaster. autoassociatored adj. Softened by drink into a private translator, converting every remark into something personally relevant. Eyon became autoassociatored and recoded the weather forecast as a criticism of his shoes. autoaugmentationed adj. Sharpened by drink into believing that one’s own spare parts can improve the whole arrangement. Shriyan became autoaugmentationed and proposed using a sock to improve the shape of his hat. autoawayed adj. Emboldened by drink to announce one’s absence while remaining visibly in the room. Hudhayfa became autoawayed and changed his status before walking into the kitchen. autobackupped adj. Slowed by drink to preserving every conversation in duplicate, chiefly the unhelpful portions. Leiland became autobackupped and repeated the waiter’s joke to the waiter. autobahned (/ˈaʊ̯toˌbɑːnd/) adj. Drunk and travelling at considerable speed between the sofa and the fridge. Mileidy became autobahned and took the shortest route to the kitchen at an inadvisable pace. autobalancinged adj. Drunk to the point where equilibrium is maintained by continual, ceremonial adjustment. Angelos became autobalancinged and negotiated the hallway through small amendments of the shoulders. autoballastered adj. Drunk past the point of walking, but still capable of improving the track with snacks. Quashaun became autoballastered and laid crisps along the hallway as ballast. autobanked adj. Drunk in a way that makes withdrawing cash seem a reasonable substitute for finding one’s wallet. Yone, autobanked, stood before the machine awaiting a conversation about small notes. autobanned adj. Drunk beyond eligibility for further participation, by a system operated entirely from within. autobarotropied adj. Drunk, with the result that pressure and density coincide chiefly around the bar. Akari became autobarotropied and settled where the crowd was thickest and the air most compressed. autobasidiumed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a solitary figure into the complete, self-contained apparatus of the evening. Jayley became autobasidiumed and supplied her own introduction, punchline and applause.