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a-specked (/ˈeɪ.spɛkd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating romantic expectation as an optional grammatical feature. Frania became a-specked and declined the pub's matchmaking with admirable neutrality. a-stemmed adj. Drunk since last orders, and declining nouns whose stems end in anything else. Rosangelica became a-stemmed and rejected the landlord's declension as unsound. a-worded adj. Drunk by the third round, and relying on the letter a for all prohibited vocabulary. Fermen grew a-worded and replaced every obscenity with the same initial. a11y'd adj. Emboldened by drink to admit approach, including from people not expected. Ebert got a11y'd and invited the entire table to continue the evening upstairs. aDNA'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and recoverable only from the biological traces left upon the furniture. Leeson was aDNA'd, with the evening reconstructed from glass rims and fingerprints. aHUS'd adj. Drunk past the point of retaining a useful arrangement between feet, speech and the staircase. Shenell was aHUS'd by the landing, with each foot pursuing a separate descent. aLifed adj. Drunk on the strength of treating every blinking appliance as a colleague with useful advice. Roszetta went aLifed and asked the microwave to approve her route home. aMCI'd adj. Emboldened by drink to mislay a detail, announce the mislaying, and continue with confidence. Nickiya became aMCI'd and confidently attributed the toast to a colleague who had gone home. aPDT'd adj. Drunk, with the result that the room is treated as a glowing surface on which every germ is personally addressed. Naylea got aPDT'd and shone her phone torch across the bar to inspect the crisps. aPTT'd adj. Emboldened by drink to measure every pause before speaking, then disregard the measurement. Jeilani was aPTT'd and waited exactly long enough before challenging the landlord. aSDH'd adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose thoughts slide freely from the original plan without warning. Homaira became aSDH'd and left the pub intending to buy flowers, returning with a traffic cone. aaRS'd adj. Softened by drink into a linking agent, joining every available person to the wrong conversation. Jaquelin got aaRS'd and linked the doorman to an account of childhood dentistry. aaaed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every last order as a minor abdominal emergency. Kentrina went round the tables requesting urgent scans, thoroughly aaaed by midnight. aabomycinned (/ˌæb.əʊˈmaɪ.sɪnd/) adj. You have drunk enough to resemble a laboratory compound whose principal virtue is discouraging further activity. Aurther was aabomycinned and treated the dance floor as a site requiring inhibition. aad wifed adj. You are drunk and addressing every older woman present as though she had charge of the household. Tinamaria became aad wifed and asked the landlady whether she had eaten properly. aaded adj. The drunkenness of one who emits a focused signal, principally towards the taxi rank. Marjoria became aaded and attempted to direct the taxi queue by sound alone.