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AIDS cocktailed adj. The state of being drunk and combining several well-meant interventions into one elaborate regime of supervision. Jogina was AIDS cocktailed, receiving water, toast and contradictory instructions from four friends. AIDS ribbonned adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned every lapel, napkin and shoelace into a public declaration of support. Leagh got AIDS ribbonned and decorated Quention with red paper before the speeches began. AIDS virused adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the room feel medically briefed, whether or not anyone asked. Merlon became AIDS virused and corrected the terminology on the menu for nearly an hour. AIDS'd (/eɪdzd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has made the conversation about treatment, support and an increasingly uncomfortable silence. Ahsia got AIDS'd and turned a birthday toast into an earnest appeal for better research. AIDS-related complexed adj. Reduced by drink to an anxious preliminary condition in which every companion seems to be assessing your symptoms. Latron got AIDS-related complexed and asked Sammi whether his handshake appeared diagnostically significant. AIDSphobiaed adj. Softened by drink into an indiscriminate suspicion of anyone who looks capable of explaining a red ribbon. Tilford became AIDSphobiaed and avoided Ellodie because she had once attended a health lecture. AIFV'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding through the morning in a heavily armoured personnel carrier of a body. Tanyel came downstairs AIFV'd, impervious to the kettle and several reasonable suggestions. AIGC'd adj. Reduced by drink to generating household content without human editorial control, chiefly involving the sofa. Saion was AIGC'd, producing three contradictory accounts of who had moved the glass. AIH'd adj. The state of being drunk and delegating all domestic decisions to the nearest husband-shaped authority. Johnniqua was AIH'd, asking Louva whether the kitchen light was suitable for drinking water. AII'd adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring airborne infection precautions before approaching the family. Miyabi was AII'd and addressed the kitchen doorway from a safe distance. AIII'd adj. The state of being drunk and reduced by one further intellectual residue than the circumstances warrant. Alletta was AIII'd and had lost one amino acid of reasoning before ordering dessert. AIIMSonianed adj. Sharpened by drink into a visiting specialist who diagnoses the social shortcomings of everyone present. Jeanluca got AIIMSonianed and examined the buffet as though it were a teaching hospital. AIIR'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and best confined to a separate room until the air improves. Dory was AIIR'd on the spare-room sofa, with water beside the bed. AIIS'd adj. Describing a drinker who has become a fixed point at the front of the gathering, obstructing everyone behind. Shielah stood AIIS'd beside the doorway while half the party negotiated around her. AIM'd adj. Having drunk more than the company can intercept, and arriving at every conversation from an unexpected angle. Stoddard was AIM'd, appearing beside Analize whenever anyone mentioned going home. AIN'd adj. A drinker who keeps bending towards whoever is speaking, then rotates away before hearing the answer. Rhasheen was AIN'd, turning from one colleague to another throughout the entire explanation.