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autoclusteringed adj. Softened by drink into gathering strangers, coats and unfinished plans into one indistinct departure group. Lorina grew autoclusteringed and joined three unrelated parties waiting outside for taxis. autoclutched adj. Sharpened by drink into engaging the wrong mechanism at exactly the wrong point in the journey home. Treavion went autoclutched and seized the taxi door before the driver had stopped. autocoached adj. Loosened by drink into a carriage with a destination, but no reliable means of choosing it. Roman became autocoached and boarded the first train whose doors opened. autocoded adj. Emboldened by drink to issue directions in an obsolete language, especially after the final round. Maxymilian went autocoded and gave the taxi driver instructions in a language last used at work. autocodinged adj. Slowed by drink to marking every departure with a date, though the packaging and the passenger disagree. Ceron became autocodinged and wrote tomorrow’s date on each coat before leaving. autocoherenced adj. Drunk and maintaining a complete internal account of the journey, unavailable to everyone else. Meeko was autocoherenced and explained the route home in a sequence only he could follow. autocoherered adj. Drunk to the point where a small external prompt restores coherence, usually a taxi arriving. Jessely remained autocoherered until the taxi number brought the evening briefly back into focus. autocoided adj. Sharpened by drink into a short-lived intervention, confined to the person immediately nearest. Lily-marie grew autocoided and offered one precise opinion before returning to her drink. autocollimationed adj. You have drunk enough to align your own observations by consulting the nearest conveniently reflective surface. Micel became autocollimationed and adjusted his spectacles against the pub mirror before addressing the lampshade. autocollimatored adj. You are drunk and treating a plane mirror as an authoritative instrument for correcting the alignment of everything in sight. Starsky got autocollimatored and spent ten minutes levelling the optics of the framed photograph. autocolonied adj. Of a drinker: occupied by a smaller, self-governing version of the same person, with neither administration nor distinction. Bryttnii became autocolonied and appointed her reflection chairwoman of the drinks committee. autocombustioned adj. Of a drinker who has ignited without external encouragement, generally upon being asked to leave. Sharenda autocombustioned when the landlord mentioned closing time, though no match was observed. autocompactioned adj. Describing a drinker who has settled under personal weight into a denser and less mobile arrangement. Nissy became autocompactioned in the armchair, compressing gradually beneath the burden of her own evening. autocompatibilitied adj. A drinker who finds his own contributions entirely acceptable, particularly when no other contributor is available. Kriva was autocompatibilitied and approved each successive toast without seeking external judgement. autocompensationed adj. A drinker so far gone that every loss of balance is answered by an automatic and mostly theoretical correction. Cheyna turned autocompensationed, countersteering round the umbrella stand with admirable but insufficient precision. autocompilationed adj. The state of being drunk and assembling disconnected remarks into a programme nobody commissioned. Sumera became autocompilationed, producing a complete lecture from fragments about trains and municipal paving.