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alaphosphinned adj. You are drunk and antibacterial in conversation, inhibiting every infectious idea before it can spread. Abbiegale became alaphosphinned and suppressed the group's enthusiasm for ordering a fourth dessert. alaplastied adj. Of a drinker who has redrawn the nostrils around a glass of water and cannot explain the necessity. Samuell was alaplastied, breathing carefully over the tumbler as though it required delicate surgery. alaproclated adj. Of a drinker: confidently experimental, psychoactive in manner, and prepared to test the evening's limits personally. Casey- became alaproclated and proposed conducting the journey home by experimental route. alar canalled adj. Of a drinker who has opened a direct passage from private conviction to public pronouncement. Pennyann was alar canalled and sent her opinion through the room without obstruction. alar foramened adj. Describing a drinker who has found an opening at either end of an argument and is using both. Mea was alar foramened, entering every discussion from the front and leaving through the back. alarm belled adj. A drinker so far gone that every minor concern rings as an urgent warning requiring immediate attendance. Anjelina was alarm belled by a crooked napkin and summoned the manager with grave urgency. alarm clock headached adj. The drunkenness of one who makes the same poor decision at a reliably recurring hour. Jaq became alarm clock headached and woke nightly to reconsider the message sent at midnight. alarm clocked adj. The state of being drunk and scheduling a confident future self to deal with present consequences. Sacheen became alarm clocked and set three reminders to resolve the evening's decisions tomorrow. alarm fatigued adj. Reduced by drink to ignoring every warning, including the one that would ordinarily end the evening. Lochan grew alarm fatigued and treated the closing announcement as background music. alarm gauged adj. Softened by drink into an unreliable instrument for measuring pressure, resources, or the advisability of another round. Berlinda became alarm gauged and declared the dwindling cash supply entirely theoretical. alarm reactioned adj. Sharpened by drink into an immediate response to stress, usually before identifying what caused it. Emora became alarm reactioned and leapt up when someone merely mentioned the last train. alarm substanced adj. Still drunk, and warning the household about imagined danger by whispering urgently at the fridge. Maratha became alarm substanced and inspected the kitchen for threats among the leftover containers. alarm systemed adj. Too drunk to leave the sofa without first setting off every available domestic safeguard. Tejinder went alarm systemed and triggered the hallway light merely by reaching for his water. alarm-belled adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the kettle boiling as an emergency requiring household attendance. Jennylynn became alarm-belled when the kettle clicked, and summoned everyone from the sitting room. alarmed (/əˈlɑːmd/) adj. A drinker who summons everyone to immediate action at the approach of an entirely ordinary inconvenience. Cassien became alarmed when the crisps ran out and mobilised the nearest three tables. alarmered adj. A drinker who sounds the alarm at ordinary pub developments, including the arrival of crisps. Burnham was alarmered when the barmaid changed the music without consultation.