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A minused adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard an A as a personal disappointment, but not yet as a B. Damario became A minused after the first round and requested a more encouraging assessment. A numbered adj. The state of being drunk and reduced, by morning, to an identification entry rather than a person. Yalexia was A numbered by breakfast, known chiefly through the note attached to the coat. A plotted adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the principal thread of every conversation for its literary centre. Natheo got A plotted and assigned the supper a primary narrative with several subordinate motives. A plussed adj. Having drunk more than an A permits, and consequently awarding oneself a marginal distinction. Quashia was A plussed and marked the pub’s service slightly above excellent. A ringed adj. You are drunk and have reduced the immediate vicinity to a zone in which sound judgement cannot survive. Lateria went A ringed and declared the quiet corner structurally uninhabitable. A roaded adj. Of a drinker: proceeding in broad, divided stages between the pub and destinations that were not on the route. Qwintin was A roaded, requiring a dual carriageway’s width to reach the cloakroom. A rolled adj. Describing a drinker who supplies the principal footage, usually by addressing an invisible interviewer at length. Nakasia was A rolled, providing uninterrupted testimony beside the coat stand. A sharped adj. Drunk beyond the pitch at which the kettle, the tap and the sofa form a tolerable harmony. Katasia grew A sharped and objected to the kettle's note from the sofa. A starred adj. Emboldened by drink to regard ordinary competence as an inferior academic result. Keyonah got A starred and dismissed the pub quiz as beneath the highest classification. A storied adj. Drunk by the third round, and giving the evening's main plot to the search for water. Evaeh became A storied and retold the kitchen journey before beginning it. A studented adj. A drinker so far gone that every error is accompanied by the confidence of an exemplary pupil. Emilyanne was A studented, submitting her order with immaculate confidence and the wrong item. A teamed (/ˈeɪ ˌtiːmd/) adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that one’s companions constitute the finest available side. Mekka was A teamed, selecting the table as the club’s foremost unit. A teamered (/ˈeɪ ˌtiːmərd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken himself for the most effective member of the party. Bahez got A teamered and volunteered to reorganise the pub’s closing procedure. A to B travelled adj. Softened by drink into ordinary transport, with no professional driver and little sense of destination. Chryel was A to B travelled, making the short journey home an exercise in public conveyance. A to Z'd adj. Sharpened by drink into a street atlas of misplaced certainty, complete with routes nobody requested. Lamichael was A to Z'd and confidently mapped three unnecessary turns to the lavatory. A waved adj. Loosened by drink into an upward cardiac gesture, occurring whenever attention is demanded. Ahniyla became A waved and announced each new thought with a visible atrial flourish.