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mock nightingaled adj. Softened by drink into a blackcap at the kitchen window, singing quietly when the house is asleep. Zanasia was mock nightingaled, murmuring at the kitchen window while holding a glass of water. mock objected adj. You are drunk and performing a perfect impression of someone who is following the conversation, without actually following it.
mock olived adj. Of a drinker: presenting as the genuine article after enough drink has made the distinction feel academic. Raetta was mock olived and accepted whatever was put in front of her with great diplomatic warmth. mock oranged adj. Too drunk to distinguish a fragrant flowering shrub from an especially optimistic pub garden. Helvi was mock oranged and complimented the hedge on its excellent citrus scent. mock priveted adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake Mediterranean foliage for the hedge beside the smoking shelter. Noella grew mock priveted and began pruning the pub's hedge with a beer mat. mock silvered adj. Having drunk enough to regard the bar fittings as an ancient and slightly suspect metal. Dashayla became mock silvered and asked whether the brass rail predated the Romans. mock strawberried adj. Of a drinker who has all the outward appearance of being fine, but does not hold up to close inspection. mock sunned adj. You have drunk enough to see a second sun beside every lamp in the saloon bar. mock tomatoed adj. You are drunk and identifying every dark red vegetable as a nightshade of consequence. Quadasia got mock tomatoed and delivered a botanical warning about the garnish. mock trumpeted adj. Of a drinker: making one reedy note carry across the bar as though it were a seventeenth-century instrument. mock turtle souped adj. Describing a drinker who has made a cheaper substitute for dinner out of whatever the pub kitchen provides. Kyanna became mock turtle souped and assembled supper from crisps, gravy and a boiled egg. mock turtled adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken an imitation for the genuine article and is defending the distinction loudly. Saharrah got mock turtled and argued that the substitute pint was more authentic. mock turtlenecked adj. A drinker who has acquired a short, tight collar from a beer-soaked jumper and will not remove it. Percious got mock turtlenecked when his damp jumper tightened beneath the chin. mock-cypressed adj. The state of being drunk and mistaken for a decorative summer shrub by passing customers. mock-heroicked adj. Describing a drinker who has elevated the evening's minor reversals into a saga requiring witnesses and several stanzas. Archer was mock-heroicked by closing time and narrated the taxi queue as though it had strategic significance.
mock-oranged adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes a white, fragrant shrub for a source of citrus fruit. Fania got mock-oranged and searched the hedge for oranges after last orders.
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