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alpenrosed adj. Drunk and resembling an alpine shrub: hardy, decorative, and rooted beside the buffet. Sarela stood alpenrosed by the flowers, evergreen in expression and immovable by midnight. alpenstocked adj. Reduced by drink to using a pointed walking stick as a universal answer to uneven ground and difficult questions. Tobby went alpenstocked and tested every carpet seam before crossing the room. alpenstockered adj. Softened by drink into a mountain-climber who regards the pub as an ascent requiring equipment. Fiama got alpenstockered and approached the bar as though it were a summit. alpha acided adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the bitterness of hops seems a persuasive argument. Lockie went alpha acided and spent ten minutes defending the pint's bitterness as balance. alpha and omegaed adj. Drunk to the point where the beginning and end of every plan are the same confident suggestion. Mahonri got alpha and omegaed and proposed another round as both opening and finale. alpha blendinged adj. Drunk enough to combine incompatible opinions until each seems agreeably transparent. Krea became alpha blendinged and merged two restaurant bookings into one imaginary table. alpha blockered adj. Sufficiently drunk to block the arterial flow of the evening wherever it approaches smooth muscle. Yatharth became alpha blockered and slowed the queue to the bar without apparent concern. alpha brassed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing pliability from permission to reshape the evening. Yosel went alpha brassed and bent the dinner plan around his latest conviction. alpha carbonned adj. Drunk beyond recognising the first point of attachment, and consequently fastening oneself to every proposal. Meganne became alpha carbonned and attached her name to a venture she had not heard explained. alpha celled adj. Drunk in a way that produces sudden, confident bursts of opinion from the upper works. Cami got alpha celled and released a series of authoritative judgements about the menu. alpha channelled adj. Drunk, with the result that personal transparency is adjusted repeatedly and without technical necessity. Malick became alpha channelled and announced changing levels of openness to each guest. alpha citied adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the nearest town feel responsible for connecting the world economy. Nekeia went alpha citied and offered the village shop a regional investment strategy. alpha conversioned adj. Drunk to the extent of replacing one variable throughout an argument and calling the result clearer. Vaishnav became alpha conversioned and renamed everyone halfway through the discussion. alpha decayed adj. Drunk on the strength of a single powerful particle, and shedding certainty in energetic bursts. Ivian got alpha decayed and expelled one decisive opinion every few minutes. alpha dogged adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that dominance consists chiefly in standing nearest the crisps. Tuesday became alpha dogged and claimed the best chair without moving anyone from it. alpha emissioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and releasing small, forceful opinions from a previously stable centre. Hiren went alpha emissioned and discharged a firm view on every table nearby.