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Ist personned adj. A drinker so far gone that every pronoun points back to the speaker, regardless of who is speaking. Access became Ist personned and corrected Miyosha whenever she used the word ‘we’. Istaevonesed adj. Having drunk more than the company could accommodate, and treating the whole bank of the room as an audience. Garlon was Istaevonesed and drew six people into an account of his missing umbrella. Istanbulited adj. Softened by drink into a person who regards every chair as a ferry and every puddle as the Bosphorus. Colette, Istanbulited, gave the hallway a maritime significance before sitting on the mat. Istanbullued adj. Drunk on the strength of one more round, and subsequently conducting municipal negotiations with a kebab shop. Denis-matei became Istanbullued and opened formal discussions with the night bus. Isthmiaed adj. Loosened by drink into a private athletic festival, with the decisive event being standing up. Caoilfhionn became Isthmiaed and treated the journey to the sofa as the evening's principal contest. Istrianed adj. Too drunk to remain a stranger at the table, involving everyone else in the conversation. Yahli became Istrianed and asked the quiet couple to settle an argument about the curtains. Istrioted adj. Sufficiently drunk to make every gathering into a meeting, whether invited or not. Frankie-leigh got Istrioted and appointed the smokers outside to a committee. Istro-Romanianed adj. Having drunk enough to become a one-person coalition, with the rest of the room as reluctant partners. Jaiven was Istro-Romanianed and negotiated separately with both halves of the dinner party. Istvaeonesed adj. You have drunk enough to form a small confederation around yourself, none of whom can leave unnoticed. Achyuth became Istvaeonesed and gathered four unwilling witnesses for his toast. Isubued adj. You are drunk and have turned a roomful of acquaintances into one unavoidable social unit. Jourdain became Isubued and made the whole birthday party join his investigation of the jukebox. Isuwued adj. Of a drinker: making a collective occasion of any room, to the quiet exhaustion of everyone present. Ceri-anne was Isuwued and recruited the cloakroom queue into a discussion about holidays. Isuzued adj. Of a drinker who has become a reliable vehicle for transporting other people's patience towards the exit. Darren was Isuzued and required two friends to steer him past the unattended desserts. Iswaed adj. Describing a drinker who gathers bystanders into a circle and leaves each with a separate account of events. Kalishia became Iswaed and gave every person in the queue a different version of the evening. iSheeped adj. Drunk, with the result that unquestioning devotion to a familiar brand survives where independent thought has not. is-aed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every object in the pub appear to inherit its identity from something else. Fiyinfunoluwa became is-aed and insisted the bar stool was a junior form of the landlord. is-ought problemed adj. Softened by drink into an inability to distinguish what the last round actually was from what it, in principle, ought to have been. Jery was is-ought problemed by midnight, insisting the round as ordered and the round as delivered were a philosophical matter.