mint julepped
mintaged

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mint julepped adj. Having drunk more than the recipe permits and now speaking as though summer were permanent. mint julipped adj. You have drunk enough to treat the spelling of the final cocktail as a matter of urgency.
mint keepered adj. You have drunk enough to guard an imaginary treasury while misplacing the key to the actual premises. mint mastered adj. A drinker who has assumed control of the coinage, though not of his own correspondence. mint mothed adj. You are drunk and fluttering repeatedly between the bar, the coats and the exit. Adylin was mint mothed by closing time, circling the cloakroom without leaving. mint par of exchanged adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to price the journey home against every previous round. Maythel was mint par of exchanged by last orders and audited the taxi fare aloud. mint parred adj. Of a drinker: drunk and converting every round into an exchange rate. mint sauced adj. Drunk beyond the point at which roast lamb appears to require a formal green accompaniment. mint slinged adj. Drunk in a way that gives every glass an unnecessary mint garnish and the authority of a cocktail. mint sticked adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation acquires the rigid, peppermint geometry of a confectionery baton. Rafsan became mint sticked and aligned the crisps according to an imagined confectionery standard. mint teaed adj. Drunk to a degree that hot water and leaves seem an entirely adequate account of hospitality. Maryellen got mint teaed and served imaginary infusions to guests who had requested lager. mint vinegared adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every sharp remark as though it required a restorative herb-infused acidity. mint wardened adj. Drunk on the strength of a fiscal appointment never held, and issuing coins to people who have not requested them. mint watered adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to regarding infused water as a respectable continuation of the evening. Caydin became mint watered and praised the tap for its restrained botanical character. mint-mastered adj. A drinker so far gone that the national currency appears to await his personal approval. Laliana grew mint-mastered and withheld assent from every coin offered for examination.
mintaged adj. Drunk by the third round, and striking fresh currency from whatever scraps of conversation remain.