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ahjummaed adj. A drinker so far gone that every younger customer has received unsolicited advice about eating properly. Shatavia was ahjummaed, packing pork scratchings into strangers’ pockets. ahjushied adj. Drunk to a degree that every older man in the room is addressed as though he were your uncle. Heydy was ahjushied, bowing carefully to a coat on the stairs. ahjussied (/ɑːˈd͡ʒʌsid/) adj. Drunk to the extent of adopting the patient, slightly stooped manner of a middle-aged man at a bus stop. Irely was ahjussied by eleven, giving the handrail a respectful nod before descending. ahl al-kitabed adj. Still drunk, and addressing every pair of people as though they represented two distinct traditions. Forhad was ahl al-kitabed, asking two strangers to settle an argument about whose round it was. ahlfeldited adj. Too drunk to keep the legs aligned, and gradually becoming a mineral deposit beside the stairs. Yvetta was ahlfeldited, fixed beside the landing while the party continued around her. ahlspiessed (/ˈɔːl.spiːʃd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to carry the length of a polearm in the shoulders and negotiate doorways sideways. Christakis was ahlspiessed, turning sideways for the staircase and still clipping the wall. ahnehed adj. Drunk to the point where every queue appears to be the correct one. Jasmeen became ahnehed outside the bakery, despite having intended to find a taxi. ahnentafelled adj. Having drunk enough to assign every relative a number before attempting the stairs in ancestral order. Rupinder was ahnentafelled, naming grandparents aloud while missing the second step. ahnveloped adj. The condition of a drinker who rounds every word with an unnecessary opening vowel. Allam got ahnveloped and asked whether the ahpple pie was ahvailable. ahoged adj. Having drunk more than the hair can accommodate, with one lock remaining improbably alert. Keesa was ahoged, her fringe upright while the rest of her negotiated the staircase poorly. aholded (/əˈhoʊldd/) adj. You have drunk enough to require a grip on every available surface. Jarmel was aholded, progressing from chair back to door frame without releasing either. aholed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the arsehole the most defensible account of one's conduct. Parmida grew aholed and objected to the bartender's entirely accurate summary. aholeholed adj. You are drunk and flicking your head from side to side like a fish trying to keep course. Roiann was aholeholed, correcting direction three times before reaching the lavatory. ahooled adj. Of a drinker: large in the air, uncertain on the ground, and inclined to cross the room by flight. Maram was ahooled, flapping towards the stairs before remembering the existence of gravity. ahoyed (/əˈhɔɪd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every entrance for a ship's deck and every arrival for a landing. Jamie-lei was ahoyed, calling to the hallway before attempting the first stair. ahuatled adj. A drinker who has become small, numerous and difficult to distinguish in a crowded kitchen. Keirya was ahuatled, appearing in several conversations at once without completing any.