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altered (/ˈɒl.təd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and introducing a different self each time the kitchen is entered. Jeretta was altered, returning from the kitchen with a glass she did not remember fetching. altered scaled adj. Having drunk more than the essential notes, and improvising every remaining part of the evening. Jeraldo got altered scaled and played the fruit machine as though it were a piano. altereded (/ˈɔːl.tədd/) adj. Having drunk enough to approach the bar like a racing machine with the bodywork removed. Clarke came altereded through the crowded bar, engine first and judgement somewhere behind. alteregoismed adj. You are drunk and extending the same generosity to strangers that you normally reserve for yourself. Sharleez got alteregoismed and bought a round for a table she had never met. alterered adj. Of a drinker: one who keeps revising the facts until the next round seems inevitable. Pailey was alterered, altering the account of who had paid for the last jug. alterglobalisationed adj. You are drunk and seeking a worldwide solution to the local problem of finding the water jug. Cor was alterglobalisationed and proposed international cooperation over the kitchen's missing jug. alterglobalizationed adj. Drunk in a way that makes international cooperation sound feasible after one more round. Ceyda became alterglobalizationed and tried to unite the smoking shelter with the snug. alterhumanitied adj. Describing a drinker who has misplaced ordinary human procedure somewhere between the bar and the loos. Leshanta became alterhumanitied and asked the pub mirror for directions. alterhumanned (/ˌɒl.təˈhjuː.mənd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become something other than the person who arrived, while retaining the same coat. Kipp was alterhumanned by midnight and conversed with the fruit machine. alteringed adj. A drinker who changes the arrangement of the evening without noticing that anyone else had an arrangement. Aarvik was alteringed and redistributed the stools before ordering another pint. alterioritied adj. A drinker so far gone that every other person seems to possess a separate and compelling reality. Berda was alterioritied, greeting each customer as though newly arrived from another world. alterited adj. The state of being drunk and faintly mineral, yellow-green in manner and settled heavily at the bar. Joseph sat alterited beside the fruit machine, yellow-green and unwilling to leave the stool. alteritied adj. The drunkenness of one who constructs an identity chiefly by deciding that everyone nearby is different. Kennlee was alteritied and introduced each regular as an entirely separate species of customer. alteritismed adj. The condition of a drinker who makes everyone else exotic, including the regulars he has known for years. Bolanle became alteritismed and described the barmaid as an intriguing local phenomenon. alterna-rocked adj. Having drunk more than sobriety permits, and ending the evening on the floor beside something electrical, convinced it was intentional. Youa came in alterna-rocked and immediately started explaining the importance of the B-side to a stranger. alterna-teened adj. Drunk and displaying youthful countercultural conviction, including one unnecessary piercing of the conversation. Adhrit was alterna-teened, discussing guitar bands and pointing out his only respectable earring.