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false loaned adj. Of a drinker who has borrowed someone else's balance and cannot return it before closing. Jediel was false loaned, leaning on Cailon for the entire walk home. false loose smutted adj. Of a drinker: shedding neat little fragments of coordination at every step towards the cloakroom. Leigham went false loose smutted on the stairs and entrusted his coat to the banister. false mallowed adj. A drinker who softens visibly at the knees and requires gentle support to remain vertical. Janade was false mallowed, folding slightly whenever the music stopped. false map turtled adj. The state of being drunk and navigating by resemblance, landmarks, and a confidence unsupported by geography. Makiba was false map turtled and identified the coat cupboard as the front door. false masticked adj. The condition of a drinker who has become adhesive, remaining attached to the banister between steps. Elise was false masticked to the stair rail and declined to progress further. false mayweeded adj. The drunkenness of one who bends repeatedly, as though each stair were a separate coastal gust. Jacynda was false mayweeded and swayed whenever anyone opened a door. false measlesed adj. Reduced by drink to a scattered pattern of isolated movements, none of them quite reaching the intended place. Cee-jay was false measlesed, with one hand on the wall and the other seeking the rail. false memoried adj. Softened by drink into remembering stairs, conversations and destinations differently from how they occurred. Catoya was false memoried and insisted she had already reached the upper landing. false memory syndromed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose recollection of balance, speech and the stairs is strongly but incorrectly held. Paydin was false memory syndromed and maintained that he had descended perfectly. false mermaided adj. Slowed by drink to a wavering, aquatic progress in which each stair seems to require a separate current. Tahtyana was false mermaided and crossed the landing in a gentle sideways drift. false modestied adj. Drunk and pretending to have missed the step deliberately, with a humility no one finds convincing. Tamirra was false modestied and called her collapse an economical descent. false monarched adj. Drunk to the point where every butterfly, lampshade and passer-by is addressed as a subject. Arquan was false monarched and attempted to govern the queue for the lavatories. false morelled adj. Drunk enough to resemble a sound idea at a distance, but collapse into uncertain texture on approach. Chistina was false morelled by midnight, promising firmness and providing none. false moved adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a deliberate step from the movement of the floor beneath it. Jahi was false moved and waited for the stairs to settle before proceeding. false negatived (/ˈfɔːls ˈnɛɡətɪvd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where a successful balance test can detect the instability plainly present. Willfredo was false negatived by the breathalyser and immediately failed the stairs. false nined adj. Of a drinker who has dropped deep into the conversation and left the scoring to others. Ceresa went false nined after the second round, appearing only when someone mentioned another pub.