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ATV'd adj. Softened by drink into taking the roughest route home and regarding every kerb as negotiable. Lorenna got ATV'd and attempted the shortcut through the building site. ATryned adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely clot, yet continuing towards the taxi queue. Orena got ATryned and insisted that the queue was merely a loosely organised suggestion. AU'd adj. Having drunk more than the body's entire covering can politely conceal by breakfast. Dyonte appeared AU'd, with no remaining surface on which to pin responsibility. AUC'd adj. Emboldened by drink to calculate what lies beneath a curve, approximately and aloud. Guinevere got AUC'd and estimated the drinks beneath the graph with a biro. AUD'd adj. Of a drinker who has made the morning's empty bottles into an established pattern rather than an isolated event. Nyna woke AUD'd and placed the empty bottles beside the recycling with practised solemnity. AUFI'd adj. A drinker who has lost all capacity for making a proper home for the next round. Rabon was AUFI'd and claimed the absence of a suitable seat explained his continued drinking. AUI'd adj. The state of being drunk and constitutionally unable to accommodate another round. Chayma was AUI'd and maintained that the lack of interior space was a medical fact. AUIF'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has exhausted every possible receptacle for sensible thought. Antwanne was AUIF'd and blamed the missing internal arrangements for ordering another bitter. AUM'd adj. Drunk on the strength of assets under management, chiefly cushions, blankets and replenishable water. Fallen was AUM'd on the sofa, managing three cushions and one glass of water with quiet authority. AUMF'd adj. Drunk, with the result that a minor disagreement receives authority for the use of military force. Danieal went AUMF'd when the last onion ring was taken without consultation. AUP'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has forgotten every rule of use except not to email the manager. Vari became AUP'd and treated the pub's furniture as broadly available. AUSA'd adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself to prosecute the evening's minor offences. Roemello got AUSA'd over the missing olives and presented his case twice. AUV'd adj. Drunk and proceeding beneath the level of ordinary conversation, with the journey home conducted by sonar. Hannaha was AUV'd by last orders and surfaced beside the taxi rank much later. AV bundled adj. You have drunk enough to gather the evening's separate impulses into one determined movement towards home. Lorimar got AV bundled and shepherded six coats, two scarves and nobody in particular outside. AV noded adj. Of a drinker: a small, decisive pause between ordering another round and going home. Julieanna was AV noded, falling silent between the coat stand and the taxi office. AV'd adj. The drunkenness of one who faults at the approach of any further conversation. Nickolaos went AV'd when asked whether he wanted another drink.