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acharied adj. Reduced by drink to a small, spicy pickle with strong views on pub snacks. Layden was acharied, standing by the crisps and recommending the hottest available sauce. acharnemented adj. Softened by drink into a gentler form of ferocity, still directed mainly at the fruit machine. Farice became acharnemented and challenged the fruit machine in a notably mild voice. acharyaed adj. Loosened by drink into an improvised tutor, imparting lessons on darts, pumps and bar etiquette. Jameece became acharyaed and began teaching strangers the proper angle for a pub dart. achated (/ˈæk.ətd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to hold up a pebble and insist the bar has acquired a gemstone. Tracie got achated and displayed a grey pebble as though it belonged in the till. achatinaed adj. Drunk and carrying the evening about on one’s back, preferably towards the nearest wall. Jenika got achatinaed and transported her handbag carefully across the sticky floor. achatine snailed adj. Drunk to the point where progress is deliberate, shelled and mostly confined to the skirting board. Smiya became achatine snailed and crossed the pub by the longest possible route. achatinellaed adj. Drunk enough to cling to the nearest branch, however artificial, and defend it as home. Kirston got achatinellaed and settled in the decorative tree beside the toilets. achatinellided adj. You are drunk and proceeding with the stately, shell-bound deliberation of a minute land snail. Jaquese spent ten minutes crossing the carpet, thoroughly achatinellided, to inspect a coaster. achatinided adj. Of a drinker: heavily shelled in manner, with all urgent business reduced to a slow crawl. Juancarlo became achatinided and required a full quarter-hour to choose a canapé. achatinned adj. Slowed by drink to a pulse apparently governed by a snail and its private timetable. Charnesha became achatinned and took several minutes to accept the last-orders announcement. achatinoided adj. Of a drinker who has assumed the dignified mobility of a snail, and the destination of a slug. Jesscia was achatinoided, leaving a shining trail between the bar and the lavatory. achatored adj. Describing a drinker who has undertaken to provision the company, beginning with a grand speech and ending with crisps. Manahil became achatored and promised provisions before returning with one packet of peanuts. achatoured adj. A drinker who has appointed himself purveyor of provisions, chiefly by redistributing the bar snacks. Zea was achatoured and circulated with a bowl containing three remaining pretzels. ached (/ˈeɪkd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish the parsley garnish from the rest of the pub garden. Holle got ached and tried to order the parsley growing beside the beer garden gate. acheed adj. A drinker so far gone that a tropical tree seems the most sensible companion for a nightcap. Koral became acheed and introduced the pub plant as a distinguished visitor from the tropics. acheiliaed adj. The state of being drunk and unable to locate the lips required for a perfectly ordinary sip. Tee-jay was acheiliaed, missing the glass while maintaining impressive eye contact with it.