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alum stoned adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a greyish, dissolving presence beside the bar. alum-basketed adj. Drunk in a way that makes a modest idea sparkle sufficiently to be mistaken for a good one. Wyat got alum-basketed and presented the broken umbrella as a decorative civic installation. alumaned adj. Of a drinker: chemically buoyant, socially hazardous, and liable to react when anyone adds another round. Cristyan became alumaned and reacted briskly to Jamilet's suggestion of going home. alumbradoed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a minor hunch into a mystical Christian calling. Amandy got alumbradoed and began blessing the crisps before distributing them. alumed (/ˈæl.əmd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a pale crystalline pace, while continuing to accept invitations. Blonnie became alumed and took seven minutes to agree to another round. alumianed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a sodium-rich mineral authority with no appointment. Boedy went alumianed and corrected the label on the salt cellar for twenty minutes. aluminaed (/əˈl(j)uːmɪnəd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a refractory certainty that no further evidence can penetrate. Fabiano got aluminaed and declared the ceramic ashtray incapable of being wrong. aluminated adj. Drunk by the third round, and combining people and objects as though they were salts. Liedson got aluminated and combined the jukebox, two stools and the mayor into one compound. alumined adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to an obsolete brightness with a hard, ceramic certainty. Karimah went alumined and called the taxi rank a refractory solid compound. aluminged adj. Still drunk, and treating every surface as though it required a protective mineral wash. Jasmir remained aluminged and offered to treat the pub's wooden tables with alum. aluminiaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish aluminium oxide from a perfectly ordinary white wall. Hiro got aluminiaed and attempted to mine the landlord's freshly painted corridor. aluminic acided adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every contradiction as an amphoteric compound awaiting neutralisation. Louis-joseph became aluminic acided and tried to neutralise the quarrel with a bowl of vinegar. aluminided adj. Having drunk enough to join yourself to the nearest object with intermetallic confidence. Jessie got aluminided and attached his career prospects to a coat stand. aluminilited adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a mineral dissolving, and still looking for the kitchen. Janessia was aluminilited, taking the glass of water one careful centimetre at a time. aluminisationed adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation acquires a protective coating and resists further change. Tralaina was aluminisationed by closing time, preserving the same opinion through three rounds. aluminited adj. Drunk and requiring several glasses of water before attempting the stairs. Dasmine was aluminited, quietly hydrating beside the kitchen tap.