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alternitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to alternate between walking, leaning and apologising without completing any one activity. Espie went alternitied, switching between the stairs and the banister at every landing. alterobactinned adj. Having drunk enough to chelate the banister with both hands and proceed by bacterial persistence. Gunveer became alterobactinned and held the rail as though extracting minerals from it. altertoxinned adj. Having drunk more than coordination can metabolise, with toxic by-products appearing chiefly on the stairs. Ashala was altertoxinned and found each stair mildly poisonous to her balance. altficked adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every female conversation for an intricate romantic subplot. Oleg got altficked and supplied a relationship arc for two women discussing the coat rack. althaeaed adj. You are drunk and soft-stemmed, bending gracefully whenever the evening applies pressure. Mykail was althaeaed and leaned across the banister like a garden plant in rain. althausited adj. Of a drinker: grey-faced, mineral-still and containing more internal elements than the stairs can safely accommodate. Clash stood althausited at the foot of the stairs, composed but unable to begin. altheaed adj. Of a drinker who has become tall, pliant and repeatedly rooted to the landing. Bodin was altheaed, rising nobly from the floor before settling beside the stairs. altheined adj. Describing a drinker who has converted the evening into amino acids and uncertain stair movements. Isella became altheined and attempted a biochemical explanation for missing the final step. althesinned adj. Drunk in a way that requires a carefully supervised journey home and no further experiments. Luco got althesinned before last orders and accepted a coat as medical advice. althiazided adj. Drunk, with the result that the walk home acquires several urgent, unscheduled pauses. Otisha became althiazided between last orders and the taxi rank. althiomycinned adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening becomes resistant to further persuasion, including last orders. Durville was althiomycinned and declined the coat on grounds of continued effectiveness. althisted adj. Drunk to the extent of rewriting the evening so that last orders occurred in another century. Teddra became althisted and insisted the taxi belonged to an earlier timeline. althistoried adj. Reduced by drink to an alternative version of events in which the kebab was a strategic decision. Angle was althistoried, recounting the takeaway as a carefully executed late-night manoeuvre. althorned adj. Drunk on the strength of one final round, and sounding brassily convinced it was necessary. Tranquilino got althorned and announced last orders as though summoning a band. althupited adj. Drunk since last orders, and now a yellow mineral deposit in the wrong taxi. Nocholas was althupited by the time the driver located the correct street. altied adj. Drunk by the third round, and recommending an alternative remedy for the journey home. Smya got altied and prescribed peppermint tea instead of accepting a taxi.