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midchated adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard an unfinished conversation as a binding agreement. Dayson went midchated and ordered furniture for someone he had met at the bar. midchested adj. Having drunk enough to conduct all further negotiations from the centre of the torso. Gavan went midchested and attempted to bow without involving his legs. midchewed adj. Having drunk more than enough to make a decision while still chewing and call it efficiency. midchomped adj. Softened by drink into stopping halfway through a bite, usually while deciding whether coats are necessary. midchromosomed adj. You have drunk enough to rearrange the middle of every plan and call the resulting mutation progress. midcingulumed adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps to the middle of every corridor, table and staircase. Hermarni came downstairs midcingulumed, touching both walls while refusing either side. midcircled adj. Of a drinker: confidently placing yourself at the centre of any gathering, however peripheral you are. midclicked adj. Of a drinker who has clicked once, confidently clicking again until the original decision becomes an itinerary. midcolonned adj. Describing a drinker who confidently treats the centre of the abdomen as a sound basis for judgement. Aria midcolonned the evening, treating the abdomen's centre as sound evidence. midconcerted adj. A drinker who mistakes the interval for the performance and reviews both with authority. Claybourne went midconcerted and applauded during the interval before criticising the encore. midconversationed adj. A drinker so far gone that any interruption becomes an invitation to restart the argument from its middle. Kawena went midconversationed and answered a question nobody had asked, with complete assurance. midcorrelationed adj. Drunk to a degree that you compare the medians of everyone present, then trust the result. midcourted adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the space between the kitchen and sofa as a sporting arena. midcourtered adj. Drunk on the strength of repeatedly occupying the centre of the room and calling for passes. Shalima stood midcourtered between the sofa and kitchen, requesting the water jug be sent long. midcrashed adj. Drunk since last orders, and currently at the exact point where the sofa receives you. Mazal midcrashed beside the laundry basket and asked whether the evening had resumed. midcried adj. Drunk by closing time, and liable to begin crying somewhere between the kettle and the sofa. Arriyanna became midcried when the last biscuit broke on its way to the plate.