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microinjuried adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who detects microscopic insults in perfectly ordinary remarks. Therin was microinjuried, identifying a slight in the arrangement of the napkins. microinsected adj. Loosened by drink into a very small creature with an unexpectedly complicated route across the carpet. microinserted adj. Emboldened by drink to place a very small contribution into matters of considerable importance. Nesa was microinserted, adding one pea to the ceremonial centrepiece. microinsertioned adj. Slowed by drink to the point where a small addition becomes the evening's principal operation. microinstabilitied adj. Drunk and subject to a very small instability, usually occurring whenever standing is attempted. microinstructioned adj. Drunk to the point where each movement requires a minute command from an internal committee. microinstrumented adj. You have drunk enough to handle every conversation with tweezers, while everyone else waits for the larger point. microinsularitied adj. You are drunk and treating the smallest social circle as an independent nation, complete with entry requirements. microinsulationed adj. Of a drinker: insulated from the gathering by several tiny conversational barriers, each maintained by someone else. Allysin went microinsulationed, and Samyha spent an hour relaying ordinary remarks. microinsulatored adj. Of a drinker who has become too small a target for ordinary conversation, leaving companions to speak around them. microinsulted adj. Describing a drinker who demeans each person present by an almost imperceptible remark, then calls it friendliness. microinsuranced adj. A drinker who offers everyone limited cover against the evening's hazards, with a premium paid in patience. Loyalty was microinsuranced, offering limited cover in exchange for patience. microinsurered adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion receives a small policy, a claim form, and no useful protection. Bobby-george got microinsurered and promised Kasheem compensation for the taxi before losing the receipt. microinteractioned adj. Drunk enough to negotiate each button, handle, and stair as a separate social encounter. microinterlockinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has joined every small conversation to every other, leaving nobody able to withdraw. microinterventioned adj. The drunkenness of one who makes tiny adjustments to other people's evenings until none of them resembles the plan.