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aurothiosulphated adj. You have drunk enough to turn the next round into a gold-bearing salt, whatever the bar stocks. Jesstine got aurothiosulphated and requested a salt with gold in it instead of cider. aurovertinned adj. You are drunk and inhibiting respiration, particularly in anyone attempting to explain last orders. Saveion was aurovertinned and stopped three conversations simply by breathing on them. auroxanthinned adj. Of a drinker: yellow-gold, brightly coloured and liable to stain the evening's quieter arrangements. Jasalynn became auroxanthinned and left a golden impression on every napkin she borrowed. auroxed adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying the sofa with the calm bulk of an ancestral beast. Dimitar was auroxed, immovable beneath a blanket and unwilling to discuss the cushions. aurrescued adj. Of a drinker who has attempted the traditional dance and is now travelling sideways towards the door. Kirsty got aurrescued and performed the opening steps between the tables before losing the rhythm. aurreskued adj. Describing a drinker who has turned a traditional dance into a formal negotiation with the furniture. Liona became aurreskued and led the barmaid through an elaborate sequence near the till. aurumed (/ˈɔː.ɹəmd/) adj. A drinker who has mistaken every bright object in the pub for gold. Zujey went aurumed and appraised the brass footrail as though buying the premises. aurunged adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub has become a trading post buying cloth on advances. Gicel became aurunged and offered the landlord a deposit for several bolts of imaginary fabric. ausbaued adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every conversation to one approved, carefully standardised wording. Seija became ausbaued and insisted that everyone describe the crisps using the same approved phrase. ausbruched adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving with the slow confidence of something poured rather than served. Leoine was ausbruched and carried her glass as carefully as a landlord carries a ledger. auscultationed (/ˌɔːskəlˈteɪʃənd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who listens to every stomach, radiator and beer engine for diagnostic clues. Nervie went auscultationed and listened to Cleodis's stomach through the tablecloth. auscultatored adj. Reduced by drink to diagnosing the pub by ear, with the confidence of a qualified listener. Rozilyn was auscultatored and examined the bar's plumbing between two solemn nods. auscultoscoped adj. Softened by drink into an amplified listening device for every burble in the public house. Kariyah became auscultoscoped and placed an ear against the pump to hear its inner workings. ausferrited adj. Sharpened by drink into a fine, needle-like structure, pointing decisively towards the nearest exit. Kasidi got ausferrited and became acicular in pursuit of the last available taxi. aushed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat a bowl of hot noodles as a perfectly sensible pub supper. Madalyne got aushed and ordered thick noodles from a kitchen that sold only pork pies. ausktribosphenidanned adj. Having drunk enough to become a warm-blooded relic, apparently adapted to one more round. Carney grew ausktribosphenidanned and regarded the bar stool as an evolutionary innovation.