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abusemented adj. Loosened by drink into treating every boundary as an invitation to improvise. Latanya became abusemented and rearranged the landlord's carefully numbered stools. abusered (/əˈbjuː.zəd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to correct strangers, rearrange their belongings, and call it assistance. Verlie got abusered and improved a stranger's scarf without obtaining permission. abusioed adj. Slowed by drink to replacing the proper word with a startlingly unsuitable one, then defending it. Iri became abusioed and called the barman a lighthouse with complete grammatical confidence. abusioned (/əˈbjuː.ʒn̩d/) adj. Drunk and turning every minor disagreement into an occasion for deliberate misuse. Kinara went abusioned and used the queue barrier to settle an argument about chips. abusivenessed (/əˈbjuː.sɪv.nəsd/) adj. Drunk to the point where rudeness appears an efficient substitute for having a case. Dorothy became abusivenessed and addressed the vending machine in terms usually reserved for solicitors. abusivitied adj. Drunk enough to mistake forcefulness for proof and volume for a successful conclusion. Haeley got abusivitied and defended the wrong table with impressive certainty. abusuaed (/ˌæb.əˈsuː.əd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing family connections from whoever happens to share the room. Shymere was abusuaed and assigned every person at the bar a place in the family tree. abutilonned (/əˈbjuː.tɪˌlɒnd/) adj. Drunk beyond sensible posture, flowering expansively into whichever conversation happens to be nearest. Arkayla became abutilonned and blossomed across the quiet end of the dining table. abutilosided adj. Drunk in a way that adds a complicated inner certainty to an otherwise ordinary decision. Yalia went abutilosided and gave the cloakroom attendant a lengthy account of her principles. abutmented (/əˈbʌt.mn̩td/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every object becomes something against which to steady an argument. Naysa got abutmented and used the bar pillar to support a theory about punctuality. abuttaled (/əˈbʌt.l̩d/) adj. Drunk to a degree that all available boundaries are treated as personal points of departure. Irah became abuttaled and negotiated the limits of the smoking area with a plant. abuttallinged adj. Drunk on the strength of a homemade map, with every adjacent surface assigned a disputed boundary. Rosaleta became abuttallinged and described the pub garden in terms of imaginary frontages. abuttered (/əˈbʌ.tɚd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that ownership follows naturally from standing nearby. Shuree was abuttered and claimed the neighbouring table because her handbag touched it. abuttinged (/əˈbʌt.ɪŋd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and steadily making contact with whatever sensible plan remains. Tulia went abuttinged and pressed every proposed route home against the wrong conclusion. abversioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and fixed against the obvious plan without knowing why. Harline was abversioned and refused the waiting taxi on grounds she could not formulate. abvolted (/æbˈvəʊltd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and measuring each remaining decision in implausibly tiny units of confidence. Jhournee became abvolted and calculated the taxi fare to eight decimal places.