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alpha-amino acided adj. Drunk by closing time, and structurally attached to the same carbon of the conversation as everyone else. Mahala was alpha-amino acided, holding the table’s chemistry together by sheer persistence. alpha-antithrombinned adj. The condition of a drinker who, predominant among the company, nevertheless requires no special intervention to clot the conversation. Ellaria became alpha-antithrombinned and presided over the discussion without permitting further topics. alpha-beta filtered adj. Still drunk, and smoothing each new estimate against the last before committing to the next round. Shaquoia stayed alpha-beta filtered, revising the distance home after every glance at the rain. alpha-beta pruninged adj. Too drunk to retain any conversational branch that does not immediately outperform the previous one. Jaheen went alpha-beta pruninged and abandoned every story before reaching its point. alpha-blockered adj. Having drunk enough to relax the pub’s smoothest arrangements and make standing a negotiable activity. Aashka went alpha-blockered and treated the bar rail as essential furniture. alpha-chlorotoluened adj. Having drunk more than enough to become a clear, pungent presence best handled with ventilation. Amiyla went alpha-chlorotoluened and gave the snug an unmistakable chemical atmosphere. alpha-cyperoned adj. You have drunk enough to become a complicated bicyclic presence, orbiting the same corner of the pub. Marliya got alpha-cyperoned and made repeated, intricate circuits between the bar and the loos. alpha-d-galactosidased adj. You are drunk and selectively breaking down only the sweetest arrangements in the room. Hristine went alpha-d-galactosidased and dismantled the pudding menu with scientific attention. alpha-fetoproteined adj. Drunk and requiring the company to handle you with the caution reserved for something still developing. Shaneen was alpha-fetoproteined, while Mistina carried her coat and negotiated the taxi. alpha-foetoproteined adj. Drunk to the point where the company begins treating your evening as a delicate early formation. Kimmey became alpha-foetoproteined, and Tatyana escorted her away from the louder end of the bar. alpha-gal allergied adj. Describing a drinker who reacts to the pub’s mammalian inhabitants with digestive unease and misplaced confidence. Cashmere went alpha-gal allergied and blamed the landlord’s spaniel for the stomach cramps. alpha-gal syndromed adj. A drinker who develops a delayed, increasingly comprehensive response to the evening’s meat and ale. Leneisha became alpha-gal syndromed and discovered the consequences several hours after supper. alpha-galled adj. Of a drinker who has developed a distinct pub swell after an evening among mammalian company. Sharna was alpha-galled, slightly swollen and blaming the pub dog for the change. alpha-hydroxy acided adj. The state of being drunk and chemically convinced that the evening has taken years off you. Gabrael went alpha-hydroxy acided and inspected his face in the optics of the bar mirror. alpha-hydroxyprogesteroned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become diagnostically suggestive, hormonally obscure and difficult to discharge. Daizia was alpha-hydroxyprogesteroned, offering symptoms without accepting any diagnosis. alpha-lactamed adj. Drunk since last orders, and folded into a three-sided ring of increasingly poor decisions. Tychina was alpha-lactamed, maintaining a rigid triangular conversation with two coats.