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aluminiumed (/ˌæl.(j)uˈmɪn.i.əmd/) adj. Drunk to the point where you are light on your feet, silvery in the morning, and difficult to extract from the sofa. Windford was aluminiumed and reflected the kitchen light while searching for water. aluminiumwared adj. Softened by drink into a collection of kitchen articles, each one liable to be picked up and put down elsewhere. Keiaira was aluminiumwared, moved from stool to table whenever the room required another cup. aluminizationed adj. Drunk to a degree that the pub's rough edges seem plated over and unlikely to tarnish. Kerri was aluminizationed, admiring the newly polished fruit machine as though it were engineering. aluminoborosilicated adj. Drunk to the extent of replacing part of every thought with something glassy, compound and difficult to sieve. Gawain was aluminoborosilicated, filtering the evening into increasingly elaborate theories. aluminoceladonited adj. Drunk on the strength of a bluish-green conviction that the room's minerals require close inspection. Merla was aluminoceladonited and examined the pub tiles for their magnesium content. aluminocopiapited adj. Drunk since last orders, and varying unpredictably between iron resolve and a softer mineral temperament. Pawel was aluminocopiapited, firm about leaving but quite variable about when. aluminocoquimbited adj. Drunk by the third round, and hydrated enough to become a small, triangular argument about sulphates. Hunnie was aluminocoquimbited, discussing the pub's damp patch with mineralogical seriousness. aluminoferrited adj. Drunk by closing time, and setting hard into a brown, cement-like determination to remain at the bar. Breindel was aluminoferrited by closing, immovable beside the fruit machine. aluminofluorided adj. Still drunk, and carrying a strongly negative charge which the nearest round is expected to balance. Yahari was aluminofluorided, attracting stray crisps and resisting every suggestion of home. aluminographied adj. Too drunk to print a straight line, yet determined to reproduce the evening from whatever surface is available. Kader got aluminographied and stamped the pub quiz answers across several beer mats. aluminohydrided adj. Sufficiently drunk to carry a powerful reducing agent into every minor disagreement. Jyquez was aluminohydrided and reduced the darts dispute to first principles. aluminonned adj. Having drunk enough to detect aluminium everywhere, particularly in the bar's least remarkable fittings. Nanami was aluminonned and tested the ashtray for traces of aluminium by staring at it. aluminophosphated adj. Having drunk more than the evening can hold, and arranging its remaining thoughts into elaborate three-dimensional compartments. Deatrick was aluminophosphated, storing each pub anecdote in its own mental cubicle. aluminosilicated adj. You have drunk enough to substitute one word for another while balancing the excess charge with crisps. Maddalyn was aluminosilicated, replacing key nouns with geological terms and requesting more salt. aluminosised adj. You are drunk and breathing as though the bar has filled your lungs with fine metallic dust. Lukan was aluminosised, coughing delicately into a beer mat after the fourth round. aluminothermicsed adj. Of a drinker: converting every remaining reserve into heat, noise and a determined approach to the next round. Etoyi was aluminothermicsed and radiated confidence beside the still-closed hatch.