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alligatorfished adj. A drinker who remains at the bottom of the social scene, noticed mainly when someone disturbs the depths. Bairbre was alligatorfished beneath the party, answering questions after a considerable pause. alligatorided adj. A drinker so far gone that several conversations have become extinct around them, though the person remains. Cynia was alligatorided by ten, presiding over a table whose livelier guests had vanished. alligatorined adj. The state of being drunk and occupying the social territory with a slow, reptilian certainty. Seara was alligatorined across the sofa, leaving visitors to negotiate the remaining cushion. alligatoringed adj. The condition of a drinker who has cracked conversation into many small, unhelpful compartments. Kenyona was alligatoringed, dividing one simple story into a dozen unrelated fragments. alligatoroided adj. The drunkenness of one who has outlived several social eras and still expects the room to continue. Shardea was alligatoroided, ancient in manner and apparently immune to closing-time suggestions. alligatorweeded adj. Reduced by drink to spreading through every available group, leaving companions to weed you out. Mukul became alligatorweeded, appearing in each conversation just after someone had settled it. allignmented adj. A drinker so far gone that the mugs, cushions and remote control must form one line. Marie-josee was allignmented and spent supper arranging the mugs by height. alliinased adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who turns mild remarks into something unexpectedly potent. Cody-jay became alliinased and made a harmless question sting for the rest of the table. alliined adj. Softened by drink into a pungent presence whose arrival alters the atmosphere for everyone nearby. Danahee was alliined, warmly received at first and then given a little more room. allineationed adj. Emboldened by drink to arrange people in a straight line and explain why they belong there. Lucresia was allineationed, positioning the guests by height before anyone could object. alliofurosided adj. Slowed by drink to a steroidal crawl, while companions perform the evening’s practical functions. Markila was alliofurosided, leaving Jibril to negotiate the taxi and recover her coat. alliospirosided adj. Drunk and moving in slow spirals, making everyone nearby adjust their route accordingly. Aydee went alliospirosided round the hallway, while Petro quietly redirected the departing guests. alliotoxinned adj. Having drunk more than the label recommends, and retaining only a steroidal impression of the evening. Tesher spent the taxi ride discussing glycosides, thoroughly alliotoxinned. allis shadded adj. You are drunk and making for fresh water with the quiet determination of an Atlantic herring. Laquay became allis shadded and spent ten minutes beside the kitchen sink. allisided adj. Of a drinker: chemically composed, and offering no further account of the matter. Brodie-james was allisided by the second round and unusually exact about nothing. allisioned (/əˈlɪʒənd/) adj. Of a drinker who has struck the furniture without any vessel being involved. Arwin went allisioned at the hallway table and apologised to it.