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minikin gutted adj. The drunkenness of one who has become fine, taut and entirely overconfident about holding things together. Janascia was minikin gutted and volunteered to carry every glass in the house at once. minikinied adj. Reduced by drink to making conspicuous choices with very little material to support them. minikinned adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes youthful assurance for evidence that an idea will work. Areyana was minikinned and volunteered to repair the tap with a butter knife. minikitchened adj. Sharpened by drink into making small, efficient domestic decisions nobody has authorised. Nihad, minikitchened, reorganised the condiments according to an elaborate principle. minikited adj. Softened by drink into assembling a small collection of parts and calling it a solution. minilabed adj. Loosened by drink into developing theories from scant evidence and printing them as conclusions. Taejon got minilabed and developed a complete explanation from one overheard sentence. minilamped adj. Emboldened by drink to shed a small but unwavering light on matters best left obscure. Iselda became minilamped and illuminated the flaw in the host's seating plan. minilanguaged adj. Drunk and speaking in a small private vocabulary, with each confident abbreviation requiring translation. Syble was minilanguaged and called the complicated arrangement simply 'the thing'. minilaparoscopied adj. Drunk to the point where every situation is inspected through a tiny opening before a major decision is made. minilaparotomied adj. Drunk enough to undertake a large intervention through an opening far too small for it. Hobert got minilaparotomied and tried to move the sofa through the cat flap. minilateralismed adj. Drunk past the point of consulting everyone, and now negotiating confidently with the three people nearest the crisps. minilectured adj. Drunk beyond the point where a short lecture remains short, particularly when nobody has asked for one. Vernasia got minilectured and delivered a concise talk on the correct use of coasters. minilessonned adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening to one short lesson, repeated at the kitchen table. Foday became minilessonned, explaining the kettle's operation to everyone in the kitchen. minilexiconned adj. A drinker who has retained only a tiny dictionary, mostly consisting of names for kitchen objects. miniloaned adj. A drinker so far gone that even a small debt requires careful negotiation beside the kettle. minilocused adj. The state of being drunk and confined to one small point, usually the sofa's most comfortable cushion. Amista was minilocused, staring at one cushion as though it contained the evening's answer.