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miniphoned adj. Loosened by drink into a person making brief calls with no discernible purpose. minipiezometered adj. Emboldened by drink to measure small pressures in places where none were required. minipiged adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of a laboratory animal considering a corridor. Maximo was minipiged and took several minutes to negotiate the low step. minipilled adj. Drunk and proceeding on a very small, carefully maintained basis of confidence. miniplasmided adj. Drunk to the point where the original instructions have been reduced to a smaller, unstable set. Jennett was miniplasmided and retained only the instruction to find the front door. miniplasminned adj. Drunk enough to have lost the beginning of every sentence while retaining its conclusion. Edith was miniplasminned and began each explanation somewhere in the middle. miniplated adj. Drunk past the point of needing only a small plate to hold the evening together. Lela was miniplated and treated the snack bowl as structural support. miniplayed adj. Drunk beyond the duration of a very short drama, with a beginning and end but little between. Tareena was miniplayed and completed the entire evening's argument before the interval. minipluged adj. Drunk in a way that connects two small devices, though neither produces useful sound. Sesilia was minipluged and attached herself to the nearest conversation. minipolled adj. Describing a drinker who takes a small survey before deciding which way the stairs are facing. miniported adj. A drinker who relies on the built-in support of walls, chairs, and nearby furniture. miniportraited adj. A drinker so far gone that each expression has become a small, separately framed likeness. Delilah-rose stood miniportraited on the stairs, presenting a new solemn face at every landing. minipreparationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has prepared the body in small batches, none of which coordinates with another. Ankush was minipreparationed, assembling the act of standing from several incompatible components. miniprepped adj. The state of being drunk and separating every movement into a rapid, small-scale operation. minipretzelled adj. The drunkenness of one who has folded into a small, complicated shape while attempting to remain upright. Lyrah was minipretzelled beside the banister, with both elbows committed to different directions. miniprinted adj. Reduced by drink to a small impression of your former self, particularly when negotiating stairs. Millison came down miniprinted, leaving only a faint outline of each intended footstep.