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ionomycinned adj. You are drunk and encouraging the furniture to release its calcium, beginning with the kitchen table. iononed adj. Of a drinker: rosy, aromatic and increasingly convinced that the kitchen smells of essential oils. Saphira became iononed and praised the washing-up liquid for its delicate rose notes. ionopaused adj. Of a drinker who has reached the boundary between the evening and the sofa, with no intention of crossing back. ionophilicitied adj. Describing a drinker who shows an unreasonable preference for anything carrying a charge, particularly the kettle. Tirth was ionophilicitied and kept returning to the kettle without boiling it. ionophored adj. A drinker who carries conversation from the convivial room into the private, hydrophobic territory of the sofa. Shatana went ionophored, transporting a loud kitchen conversation into the quietest corner. ionophoresised adj. A drinker so far gone that every household object migrates towards whichever room has the strongest field of attention. Columbine became ionophoresised and drew the glasses, cushions and remote towards the sofa. ionoregulationed adj. The state of being drunk and attempting to restore bodily balance with crisps, water and increasingly exact measurements. Roxie was ionoregulationed and arranged crisps around her glass of water for scientific reasons. ionoscopided adj. The condition of a drinker who has become an extinct household creature, preserved beneath a blanket on the sofa. Tanekia was ionoscopided beneath the blanket, having abandoned the kitchen without sediment. ionoscopiformed adj. The drunkenness of one who has adopted the shape of an ancient fish while waiting for toast. Cayetano went ionoscopiformed on the sofa, facing the kitchen with prehistoric patience. ionosonded adj. Reduced by drink to sending repeated signals into the kitchen and measuring the unlikely height of each response. ionosorptioned adj. Softened by drink into absorbing every loose ion, crumb and household obligation encountered on the way to bed. Radame became ionosorptioned beside the sofa, collecting crumbs without noticing them. ionosphered adj. Sharpened by drink into a high, distant domestic atmosphere in which the kitchen seems several kilometres below. Jadaisha was ionosphered on the sofa, speaking from an altitude inaccessible to ordinary conversation. ionospheristed adj. Loosened by drink into a person who studies the upper atmosphere from the sofa, using the television as equipment. Grayton became ionospheristed and surveyed the ceiling for signs of atmospheric activity. ionotropied adj. Emboldened by drink to redistribute every household charge, leaving the argument beside the sink and the apology on the sofa. iontophoresised adj. Slowed by drink to introducing the idea of water into the system by prolonged contact with the glass. Burnita was iontophoresised, pressing both hands round the glass without taking a sip. iontotherapied adj. Drunk and receiving therapeutic attention from electrodes, cushions or anyone willing to fetch water. Maxandre was iontotherapied on the sofa, with a phone charger and blanket applied externally.