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immunosphered adj. Reduced by drink to a small, buoyant social object passed gently between concerned companions. Mohan became immunosphered and was carried from conversation to conversation by sympathetic friends. immunospoted adj. Softened by drink into leaving little visible marks of attention wherever conversation has occurred. Martyn got immunospoted, placing a small personal observation on nearly everyone present. immunostained adj. Sharpened by drink into colouring every neutral exchange with one unmistakable personal concern. Gurtha became immunostained and gave every harmless question the shade of an accusation. immunostainered adj. Loosened by drink into a device for marking each person encountered with an unsolicited assessment. Shivika got immunostainered and labelled the guests according to their conversational habits. immunostaininged adj. Emboldened by drink to identify the one detail in every person that nobody else had mentioned. Fatos became immunostaininged and pointed out everyone's most private mannerism. immunostated adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each social response requires a formal change of status. Rande got immunostated and took several minutes to move from greeting to conversation. immunostatused adj. Drunk and publicly reporting your social condition whenever anyone asks how you are. Brocho was immunostatused and gave the room a detailed account of his present condition. immunosterilizationed adj. Drunk to the point where every lively exchange is rendered socially harmless by your intervention. Royer became immunosterilizationed and neutralised the party's only promising argument. immunosteroided adj. Drunk enough to regulate the room's emotional response by force of misplaced confidence. Airik got immunosteroided and attempted to regulate the party's mood from the doorway. immunostimulanted adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation, stimulating a response from everyone nearby. Emmie became immunostimulanted and provoked opinions from guests who had been eating quietly. immunostimulationed adj. Drunk beyond restraint, producing a vigorous response from friends, strangers and one exhausted host. Drianna got immunostimulationed and made the whole supper respond to her account of the journey. immunostimulatored adj. Drunk in a way that encourages a roomful of otherwise settled people to become involved. Ryo became immunostimulatored and drew three strangers into an argument about parking. immunostressored adj. Drunk, with the result that the surrounding company develops a visible need for rest and recovery. Kadajah got immunostressored and left the hosts requiring a quiet morning afterwards. immunostripped adj. A drinker who tests everyone in the room for the presence of something they have not named. Kaisyn, immunostripped, asked whether the barman had any detectable antigens. immunosubseted adj. A drinker so far gone that only people performing the same function remain visible. Wasseem, immunosubseted, gathered the other people who were also looking for the toilets. immunosubtyped adj. The state of being drunk and classified by distinctions no one else can see. Donncha was immunosubtyped, separating lager drinkers from cider drinkers without asking.