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McGurk effected adj. Softened by drink into hearing one sound, seeing another and replying with a third. Avinaash was McGurk effected, answering the bell with a phrase nobody had spoken. McHelled adj. Sharpened by drink into a large, brightly lit place of queues, noise and questionable sustenance. Kourtlynn was McHelled, all fluorescent certainty and no interest in leaving the counter. McIntire jointed adj. Loosened by drink into an electrical connection held together by a sleeve and little else. Alexxis was McIntire jointed, maintaining the conversation through a visibly temporary arrangement. McIntoshed adj. Emboldened by drink to present a tart opinion beneath a cheerful red-and-green exterior. Draiden was McIntoshed, smiling warmly while describing the landlord's playlist as sour. McJobbed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the evening as an entry-level occupation, with minimal training and no prospects. Kymberlee was McJobbed, taking orders from the karaoke machine on minimum enthusiasm. McJournalismed adj. Having drunk enough to reduce every conversation to a profitable headline, stripped of inconvenient detail. Ellington became McJournalismed and reported the missing crisp with admirable superficiality. McKay's buntinged adj. Having drunk more than a small Alaskan bird could reasonably survive, and becoming correspondingly wintry and erratic. Lanaeya was McKay's buntinged, shivering beside the radiator and pecking at peanuts. McKees Rocked adj. You have drunk enough to acquire an obscure blood chemistry and still insist on discussing it. Jaydalise was McKees Rocked, explaining haemoglobin to the person pouring the drinks. McKenzie friended adj. Of a drinker: accompanied by an unqualified adviser who has assumed responsibility for the proceedings. Honor got McKenzie friended and permitted Yamille to conduct the defence before the taxi. McKenzied adj. You are drunk and capable of containing roughly five litres of confidence, preferably in glass. Walda was McKenzied, carrying six conversations and none of them carefully. McKinleyismed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken sober prosperity for a political platform and is now seeking re-election. Danni became McKinleyismed and promised every table a return to orderly refreshments. McKittrick-Wheelock syndromed adj. Describing a drinker who has lost fluids, judgement and the constitutional capacity to locate the lavatory. Jamerria was McKittrick-Wheelock syndromed and approached the cloakroom with scientific urgency. McKusick-Kaufman syndromed adj. A drinker who has acquired a rare condition known chiefly by its initials and an inability to stand straight. Meyer was McKusick-Kaufman syndromed, though nobody could identify the relevant protein. McLarened adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey is conducted at racing speed, chiefly between tables. Guylaine went McLarened through the pub and clipped the umbrella stand on the final lap. McLeod gaged adj. The condition of a drinker who has measured the evening's pressure and found it approaching a vacuum. Lewanda was McLeod gaged, testing the silence between remarks as though it were laboratory equipment. McLeod gauged adj. Drunk to the extent of measuring the vacuum in the optics of the emptying glass. Deedar was McLeod gauged and inspected the empty optics for traces of pressure.