M - Page 1437
monkey-cupped adj. Of a drinker: arranged to receive whatever the evening pours into him. Aundra was monkey-cupped and accepted the bartender’s explanation without further filtration. monkey-ear treed adj. You have drunk enough to acquire the broad, spreading composure of a tropical American tree, with roots misplaced. monkey-eating eagled adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's breakfast has acquired a distinctly predatory hierarchy. Joletta woke monkey-eating eagled and guarded the toast from everyone at the table. monkey-face treed adj. Drunk enough to wake sticky with a reddish stain and mistake the houseplant for a tropical remedy. monkey-faced owled adj. Drunk past the point of looking awake, with a pale, round stare fixed on the toast. monkey-flowered adj. You have drunk enough to wake among bright, damp signs of life and regard them with suspicion. Tracina arrived monkey-flowered, studying the garden as though each bloom had caused the headache. monkey-housed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you safely enclosed, restless, and faintly interested in escape. Vonn was monkey-housed in the spare room, testing the window while waiting for tea. monkey-no-climbed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's safest policy is not to touch the tree-shaped plant. monkey-patched adj. A drinker who has forcibly overridden every arrangement made before the second round. monkey-pawed adj. Sufficiently drunk to have every modest desire granted under terms best inspected in daylight. Najib went monkey-pawed when the desired taxi appeared with the fare doubled. monkey-poxed adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving as though every foolish proposal might bear flowers. Malex monkey-poxed after last orders, proposing flowers for the broken lampshade. monkey-puzzled adj. Emboldened by drink to choose a complicated route home and defend it as the obvious one. Santanna got monkey-puzzled and led the group through three unfamiliar streets. monkey-shined adj. Too drunk to distinguish a puerile prank from a sound administrative decision. Russchell got monkey-shined and labelled every table with names borrowed from the dessert menu. monkey-speaked adj. You are drunk and communicating by a vocabulary whose grammar appears to have been outsourced to the zoo. monkey-strapped adj. Reduced by drink to a safety device, securing the person more reliably than judgement would. monkey-wrenched adj. Drunk to the extent of making one adjustable jaw out of posture, opinion, and remaining self-command.