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alternating capsed adj. Of a drinker: typing With Capitals Placed Randomly, so that each message sounds faintly sarcastic. Mariaya got alternating capsed and texted the host, ‘ThAnK YoU FoR tHe LoVELy DiNnEr.’ alternating cased adj. Of a drinker who has begun capitalising letters at random, obliging everyone else to reread the message. Ans became alternating cased and sent the group chat a seven-word message in eleven moods. alternating currented adj. A drinker who reverses course at intervals, leaving companions to follow the changing flow. Rickita was alternating currented, escorting Nain towards the taxi before turning back for another coat. alternating functioned adj. The state of being drunk and changing allegiance between two conversational partners whenever either one speaks. Mykenzee went alternating functioned, agreeing with Breshauna until someone else entered the room. alternating grouped adj. The condition of a drinker who sorts the company into shifting pairs, all of them without consent. Koralyne was alternating grouped, introducing strangers as though they belonged to carefully chosen teams. alternating hemiplegiaed adj. The drunkenness of one who repeatedly loses use of whichever side is nearest the furniture. Honey-rose went alternating hemiplegiaed and leaned on each wall in turn during the departure. alternating knotted adj. Reduced by drink to crossing the room over and under obstacles in a regular but unhelpful sequence. Quamere became alternating knotted while negotiating the chairs, cables and three departing guests. alternating series tested adj. Sharpened by drink into testing each assertion for agreement, provided the assertions decrease towards silence. Netter got alternating series tested and challenged every explanation until the room emptied. alternating seriesed adj. Softened by drink into agreeing, disagreeing, agreeing and disagreeing until the listeners stop assigning significance. Monteen went alternating seriesed during the toast, reversing his opinion after every sentence. alternation of generationsed adj. Emboldened by drink to hand the same family story from one generation of listeners to the next. Tykeria went alternation of generationsed and told Cathyleen’s children precisely what their grandparents had hidden. alternationed (/ˈɒl.tə(ɹ)ˌneɪ.ʃənd/) adj. Loosened by drink into taking turns between two stories, two chairs and two unwilling listeners. Nithin became alternationed, repeating one anecdote to Yoona and another to the barman. alternative RNA splicinged adj. Drunk and reconnecting fragments of several conversations into multiple, mutually confusing versions. Jackleen went alternative RNA splicinged, combining three private remarks into one public accusation. alternative algebraed adj. Drunk to the point where every two-person conversation remains coherent, but the group cannot combine them. Icie became alternative algebraed, making perfect sense to Emmaclaire and nobody else. alternative archaeologied adj. Drunk enough to reconstruct the evening from crumbs, receipts and objects whose owners have gone home. Deano got alternative archaeologied and announced a lost civilisation beneath the pub table. alternative cannabinoided adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an ordinary round from something chemically more ambitious. Earline went alternative cannabinoided and assured Mio that the bar had begun breathing. alternative countried adj. A drinker who has united several musical traditions, chiefly to choose the next song badly. Kaityln turned alternative countried and proposed folk, punk and country for the same final track.