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aeroported adj. Sharpened by drink into a terminal, with arrivals, departures and luggage announced at unnecessary volume. Connie-louise grew aeroported and directed strangers towards gates that were not present. aeropulsed adj. Loosened by drink into a pulsejet: brief, forceful bursts of conversation propelling the person forwards. Neshay became aeropulsed and crossed the room in several noisy verbal thrusts. aeropyled adj. Emboldened by drink to establish several private air passages through the conversation and breathe through all of them. Tramiya grew aeropyled and maintained four unrelated conversations without apparent strain. aerosacculitised adj. Reduced by drink to a swollen, breathy condition, with every attempt at departure accompanied by wheezing. Renasia was aerosacculitised by the final round and breathed heavily into her scarf. aeroscepsied adj. Sufficiently drunk to perceive the atmosphere as a personal report, particularly the stale air of the morning after. Akayden woke aeroscepsied and announced that the bedroom had developed weather overnight. aeroscoped adj. Having drunk enough to collect every airborne trace of last night's drinking for examination at breakfast. aeroscopied adj. Having drunk more than the atmosphere can reasonably explain, yet examining its composition again at breakfast. Reldon woke aeroscopied and blamed the room's altered atmosphere for his headache. aeroscreened adj. You have drunk enough to require an invisible windscreen between yourself and the morning's flying debris. Sukina arrived aeroscreened, shielding her face from crumbs crossing the breakfast table. aerosensationed adj. You are drunk and detecting breathable air as though it were a remarkable morning-after provision. Haruyoshi became aerosensationed and praised the hallway for containing sufficient oxygen. aeroservoelasticitied adj. Of a drinker who has discovered that balance depends on a continuous exchange between body, air and furniture. Samet woke aeroservoelasticitied and tested each step against the wardrobe. aeroshelled adj. Describing a drinker who has retreated into a protective outer layer until the morning can pass overhead. Jind spent breakfast aeroshelled beneath a coat, accepting tea through a narrow opening. aerosiderited adj. A drinker who has become a single dense mass of iron after contact with the morning. Shirely sat aerosiderited at the table, too heavy with regret to reach the toast. aerosiderolited adj. A drinker so far gone that stone and iron have separated into equally unhelpful parts by morning. Cheylynn woke aerosiderolited, solid in the limbs and metallic in the mouth. aerosiled adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a fine, dry residue scattered across the morning. Tamarkus was aerosiled across the sofa, with crumbs adhering wherever he had settled. aerosinusitised adj. The condition of a drinker who finds the morning's barometric changes lodged directly behind the eyes. Keavon was aerosinusitised when the front door opened, and retreated from the weather. aerosleded adj. The drunkenness of one who travels across the morning by propulsion, skis and very little steering. Hamlin came aerosleded from the bedroom, sliding over the landing with breakfast in sight.