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mispatterned (/mɪsˈpætə(ɹ)nd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every arrangement acquires a flaw which you alone can discern. Theodoros became mispatterned and rearranged the napkins into an unrecognised system. mispatterninged adj. Slowed by drink to find a meaningful design in the stains on the table. Daudi got mispatterninged and traced a dynasty through the spilled lager. mispaymented adj. Drunk and settling the bill with a button, an apology, and considerable constitutional confidence. Tramari got mispaymented and offered the barman a cufflink for two lagers. mispensed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing waste from hospitality, particularly where chips are concerned. Taymour was mispensed and funded a second supper for people who had already eaten. misperceivered adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the person beside you for someone who owes you an apology. Mekaylah spent ten minutes reproaching a coat stand, thoroughly misperceivered. misperceptioned (/mɪspəˈsɛpʃənd/) adj. Of a drinker: every kindly remark is heard as a personal challenge, and answered accordingly. mispered adj. Drunk to the point where you have become missing, despite remaining plainly in the kitchen. misperfed adj. Of a drinker who has punctured the evening's social surface in several incorrect places. Lawon was misperfed and addressed each gap in conversation as though it required filling. misperforationed adj. Describing a drinker who has made every polite exchange perforated, ragged and difficult to detach. Kerim became misperforationed and tore each conversation away from the next. misperformanced adj. A drinker who attempts the expected social gestures, but delivers each one incorrectly. Bacilio was misperformanced and applauded before the speech had begun. mispersuasioned adj. A drinker so far gone that an opinion acquired from the nearest stranger becomes an unshakeable conviction. Galene became mispersuasioned and defended the landlord's dog against its own owner. misphased adj. The state of being drunk and arriving at every exchange half a beat before or after everybody else. Grantland was misphased, laughing at punchlines still waiting to be spoken. misphrasinged adj. The condition of a drinker who gives every harmless remark a wording capable of starting an argument. mispicked adj. The drunkenness of one who selects the wrong conversational thread and pulls until the gathering comes apart. Naquana got mispicked and asked the newly engaged couple about their previous marriages. mispickelled adj. Reduced by drink to a brittle, metallic presence that everyone handles with care. Emryck grew mispickelled and answered friendly questions with a dry ringing silence. mispinned adj. Softened by drink into attaching each remark to the wrong person and leaving it there. Tadashi became mispinned and attributed the best man's speech to the caterer.