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ADS'd adj. Having drunk more than a sensible person, and now accepting every decision as support. Chriselda got ADS'd and let the entire bar decide whether she needed another half. ADS-A'd adj. Drunk to the point where your location is transmitted to one chosen recipient without prompting. Moorea was ADS-A'd and sent her position to the wrong group chat from beside the bar. ADS-C'd adj. Drunk enough to report your movements by contract, particularly whenever the pub changes premises. Jasmil was ADS-C'd and updated the taxi driver every time the route altered. ADS-R'd adj. Describing a drinker who rebroadcasts his location so persistently that the whole pub can navigate by him. Zarar was ADS-R'd, announcing his position from each room he entered. ADSC'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and relying on the coatroom's most primitive support system to reach the door. Dristi was ADSC'd, using the coatroom as structural support while waiting for the taxi. ADSL'd adj. Reduced by drink to communicating at respectable speed in one direction only. Hermione-rose was ADSL'd, answering promptly but taking ages to leave. ADSU'd adj. Describing a drinker who has issued a distress signal automatically, chiefly by becoming quiet beside the crisps. Rion was ADSU'd by midnight, transmitting distress through a solemn grip on the bar towel. ADT'd adj. Drunk in a way that leaves adulthood temporarily stored beside the washing-up. Fouad became ADT'd and asked whether the sofa had always been so supportive. ADU'd adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the garden shed as anything other than a second dwelling. Ruberto became ADU'd and offered the shed to a visiting couple. ADULT syndromed adj. Drunk to the point where every minor inconvenience becomes hereditary, dominant, and everyone's concern. Rahmin became ADULT syndromed and attributed the missing bottle opener to an inherited family tendency. ADV'd adj. Drunk beyond calculating an average daily volume without including every glass in the house. Otelia got ADV'd and began recording the evening's water intake on the fridge. ADW'd adj. Drunk enough to make a walking stick, umbrella, or rolled newspaper seem dangerously persuasive. Annule was ADW'd outside the pub and treated her umbrella as authority over the queue. AE'd adj. Drunk enough to bring the evening to an unnecessarily decisive conclusion. Dolsie became AE'd and announced that the evening had reached its final clinical stage. AEB'd adj. A drinker who stops abruptly whenever conversation suggests a collision with the truth. Berdina went AEB'd when asked where the missing glass had gone. AECOPD'd adj. You are drunk and finding the morning after an acute worsening of every established breathing complaint. Amedeea woke AECOPD'd and treated the stairs as a considerable expedition. AED'd adj. Drunk to the point where every sudden movement is prevented by an internal emergency protocol. Burnadine was AED'd and approached the taxi as though it might unexpectedly change direction.