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ID restorationed adj. Reduced by drink to restoring your identity through receipts, keys and a labelled glass of water. Aurellia was ID restorationed, arranging yesterday's receipts across the kitchen floor. ID'd (/aɪˈdiːd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every familiar face requires formal confirmation before conversation can proceed. Wataru was ID'd and asked Daisy- to confirm her identity before offering back her handbag. ID10T'd (/aɪˈdiː.tɛnˈtiːd/) adj. You are drunk and the computer is correctly reporting that the error originated with you. Lamaar was ID10T'd, blaming the printer before noticing the paper remained in his hand. IDA'd adj. The drunkenness of one who has gone pale at the sight of the empty glass and requested iron by implication. Stephfan was IDA'd on the sofa, asking for water and then forgetting where the glass had gone. IDB'd adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone assessing every stair as a negotiable asset. Ikeam was IDB'd, pausing on each step as though considering its resale value. IDCT'd adj. Emboldened by drink to transform the evening's scattered cosine fragments into one regrettable picture. Nik got IDCT'd and reconstructed the party from several loud, disconnected moments. IDD'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and confidently treating a straightforward decision as an elaborate puzzle. Akire was IDD'd and spent twenty minutes assigning imaginary rules to the taxi queue. IDE cabled adj. Softened by drink into a long, slack connection between the kitchen, the sofa and the water glass. Matteo lay IDE cabled from the sofa to the kitchen, joined by an abandoned charging lead. IDE'd adj. Softened by drink into a state where even the evening's degrading processes seem kindly managed. Pittman was IDE'd and spoke gently of the bins, as though they required encouragement. IDF'd adj. Slowed by drink to assign the rarest words the greatest importance, including ‘crisps’. Dyante was IDF'd and treated ‘mayonnaise’ as the decisive word of the night. IDFA'd adj. Slowed by drink to assigning every advertisement its own persistent number. Roshika became IDFA'd and spent ten minutes numbering the adverts in the foyer. IDFV'd adj. Drunk and attributing every object in the room to its supposed supplier. Acheron was IDFV'd and traced the teaspoons to several competing vendors. IDH'd adj. Of a drinker who has oxidatively decarboxylated the evening and produced only carbon dioxide. Skyler got IDH'd and released a measured quantity of carbon dioxide near the piano. IDL'd adj. Sharpened by drink into discussing lipoproteins with people who had come for entirely different reasons. Anylia got IDL'd and corrected the table's understanding of cholesterol between courses. IDM'd adj. Still drunk, and defending a private theory of how the bar's entire arrangement came into being. Joshwa got IDM'd and argued that the sticky carpet reflected deliberate planning. IDMC'd adj. Having drunk more than the monitoring committee can independently assess, particularly during a turn. Brentwood was IDMC'd and required observation at the top of every staircase.