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Actaeoned (/ækˈtiːənd/) adj. A drinker who has reached the coat rack with the quiet dignity of someone discovering unwelcome domestic news. Deyaan stood Actaeoned among the coats, searching each pocket with a growing sense of personal betrayal. Acted adj. You are drunk and behaving as though every request for another round has parliamentary authority. Velcie became Acted after midnight and cited imaginary clauses whenever the barmaid mentioned closing. Acteoned adj. A drinker so far gone that the cloakroom attendant becomes an interested party in his private misfortunes. Nashali grew Acteoned at the cloakroom, confiding the entire evening's disappointments to the attendant. ActionScripted adj. The state of being drunk and issuing instructions that execute unpredictably whenever the journey home is clicked. Akaylah became ActionScripted and sent the taxi driver a sequence of contradictory destinations. AdSeged adj. Of a drinker: separated from ordinary coordination, with the banister serving as the entire administration. Brenice was AdSeged, confined to one side of the staircase by her failing balance. Ada from Decatured adj. Of a drinker who has thrown an eight and now considers the table a reliable oracle. Liav became Ada from Decatured and wagered his pudding on the ashtray's advice. Adaied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become plural, with several incompatible routes home operating at once. Bella-ivy was Adaied outside the station, pursuing three routes home with equal conviction. Adam Tilered adj. The drunkenness of one who accepts the wrong coat from the cloakroom and departs with its contents. Fahmi went Adam Tilered and left wearing a stranger's overcoat, pockets unexplored but promising. Adam and Eve on a rafted adj. Sharpened by drink into two precarious passengers sharing one small platform and hoping the current knows the way. Haeun and Charell became Adam and Eve on a rafted, balanced together on a luggage trolley. Adam and Eved adj. Reduced by drink to the first principle of departure: two people, one route and no useful further information. Pamala and Jelaine were Adam and Eved by closing, standing at the starting point of the same journey. Adam and Steved adj. Loosened by drink into a companionable pair for whom the conventional account of the evening has ceased to matter. Rich and Jizelle went Adam and Steved after last orders, sharing a taxi and ignoring the itinerary. Adam's aled adj. Emboldened by drink to regard plain water as a restorative draught and the tap as a trusted barman. Wilber became Adam's aled after closing, requesting water with the confidence of a man ordering whisky. Adam's appled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which the throat negotiates each word separately. Markela grew Adam's appled while explaining the route, pausing noticeably at every junction. Adam's earthed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake primordial red matter for a reasonable account of one's constitution. Clinique, thoroughly Adam's earthed, discoursed on red earth as though examining a philosophical stone. Adam's flannelled adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with standing upright beside a tall, woolly plant. Phu, Adam's flannelled, attempted to classify the mullein by solemn inspection of its leaves. Adam's morselled adj. Drunk by the third round, and swallowing with the solemn concentration of a person addressing a minor obstruction. Jeanphilippe grew Adam's morselled and paused between each sip as though negotiating a treaty.