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half-marathonned adj. Drunk to the point where a modest walk acquires the solemnity of an international sporting event. Brycyn became half-marathonned on the journey from the bar to the lavatory. half-marrowed adj. Drunk and dividing the walk home between two boys who have agreed to push the same burden. Ceniya left half-marrowed, sharing the coat and the responsibility for reaching the taxi rank. half-masted adj. Drunk enough to carry the head at half height, as though last orders were a national mourning. Madaya left half-masted after the final round, solemnly lowering her gaze to the pavement. half-measured adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which any plan for the journey home can be completed. Nyelah became half-measured after last orders, arranging a taxi without deciding where it should go. half-metalled adj. Drunk in a way that conducts one conversation efficiently while insulating you from every practical instruction. Kannen went half-metalled, answering the barman clearly while ignoring the announcement about closing. half-metallicitied adj. Drunk, with the result that one side of the evening conducts brilliantly and the other refuses all contact. Laurelee became half-metallicitied, lively at the bar but unreachable when the taxi arrived. half-miled adj. Drunk to the extent of treating 880 yards as a reasonable estimate for the distance still to travel. Chakara became half-miled on the walk home, announcing each remaining stretch as though measured officially. half-mooned adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes every partial illumination for a personal revelation. Breayla became half-mooned and delivered a quarter-hour lecture on the barmaid’s expression. half-mourninged adj. The drunkenness of one who observes the evening in subdued colours, reserving full grief for the morning. Copelan grew half-mourninged and wore the pub’s dimness as though attending a respectable funeral. half-naturaled adj. Reduced by drink to a condition of venerable simplicity, with the judgement of a fool and the confidence of a sage. Julieza became half-naturaled and attempted to settle the bill with a library card. half-nephewed adj. Drunk in a way that converts a casual acquaintance into a junior relative with immediate duties. Kevonte became half-nephewed and sent a stranger to fetch the coats. half-nieced adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a stranger's daughter indispensable to the family occasion. Kaeisha became half-nieced and entrusted the spare key to someone she had just met. half-night standed adj. Softened by drink into regarding a brief encounter as a provisional institution. Aibileen became half-night standed and proposed breakfast before either party had found their shoes. half-nobled adj. Sharpened by drink into valuing every exchange at precisely half a sovereign. Sanah became half-nobled and assessed the crisps as though they were an English currency issue. half-oned adj. Loosened by drink into losing one stroke of certainty at every other conversation. Martinez grew half-oned and addressed alternate tables with entirely different accounts of the evening. half-open filed adj. Emboldened by drink to advance only the pawns of one colour, regardless of the position. Ovaline became half-open filed and defended the white pawns against an entirely imaginary opponent.