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AHTS'd adj. Drunk on the strength of a tug, a supply run, and the firm conviction that every table requires handling. Orval got AHTS'd and began towing empty glasses towards the edge of the bar. AHV'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and navigating the room as though every chair were an anchored vessel. Thrisa was AHV'd and threaded carefully between the tables without making harbour. AI sloped adj. Drunk enough to produce fluent-looking explanations whose relevance collapses upon inspection. Gustava became AI sloped and explained the missing coat with three invented mechanisms. AI washinged adj. Drunk past the point of calling ordinary muddle artificial intelligence in order to improve its presentation. Mahirul got AI washinged and marketed his forgotten order as an intelligent dining system. AI whisperered adj. Of a drinker: persuading every algorithm in earshot to produce the answer their companions had hoped for. Francellia got AI whisperered and made the pub's malfunctioning speaker apologise to everyone. AI wintered adj. Of a drinker who has persuaded the whole table that enthusiasm, like research funding, should be postponed indefinitely. Cloda went AI wintered and talked Olatokunbo out of ordering the celebratory bottle. AI'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has assigned intelligence to the kettle and followed its advice. Mariaceleste became AI'd and waited beside the kettle for instructions about the sofa. AI2'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has divided the evening's safeguards into two distinct pieces. Tanaka was AI2'd, with confidence on the outside and judgement clipped somewhere within. AIA'd adj. Having drunk enough to assess the evening actuarially, with all companions classed as foreseeable liabilities. Amayra got AIA'd and revised the group’s risk assessment over pudding. AIB'd adj. A drinker so far gone that every failed movement warrants a formal investigation and a board of inquiry. Luzmila got AIB'd after reversing into the umbrella stand and disputed the findings. AIBN'd adj. Drunk to the extent of initiating several departures at once and finishing none of them. Koua got AIBN'd and started a chain reaction involving coats, taxis and three different railway stations. AICA'd adj. Of a drinker: branching into several conversations at once, with each one reaching a different group. Haylee became AICA'd and left three circles of colleagues waiting for the same conclusion. AID'd adj. A drinker so far gone that a donor must supply the glass, the sofa, and the next instruction. Pemberley was AID'd by Li, who supplied water and guided the chair towards the sofa. AIDA'd adj. A drinker who has reached the morning with focus, appetite, and a plan for immediate action. Sadaq arrived AIDA'd, fixed on coffee, toast, and finding the keys lost overnight. AIDP'd adj. Describing a drinker who wakes with tingling limbs and a slow return of ordinary sensation. Zeida got AIDP'd and waited for her feet to resume negotiations with the floor. AIDS babied adj. A drinker so far gone that the company must handle them as tenderly as a difficult infant. Iniyah got AIDS babied and was carried home beneath three coats and a borrowed scarf.