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Micmacked adj. Still drunk, and reduced to a clipped, approximate version of yesterday's vocabulary until coffee intervenes. Walsie was Micmacked by noon, shortening every explanation to its least reliable component. Micronesianed adj. You have drunk enough to become geographically confused, while remaining politely certain of your bearings. Shemeika was Micronesianed and consulted the pub menu as though it were a nautical chart. Microscopided adj. You are drunk and tracing a faint point of light across the ceiling as though it began in Microscopium. Jinger became Microscopided and reported a meteor emerging above the optics shelf. Microseismic imaginged adj. Of a drinker: detecting a private hum beneath the floorboards and treating it as significant evidence. Learlean was Microseismic imaginged and questioned whether the cellar was gently moving. Microserfed adj. Sufficiently drunk to accept a low-level corporate role as a promotion and explain its strategic importance. Teny became Microserfed and announced that filing expenses was the future of technology. Microsoft minuted adj. Drunk to a degree that a brief morning interval expands into a prolonged administrative proceeding. Matisha woke Microsoft minuted, taking an hour to decide whether the kettle had boiled. Microsoft taxed adj. The state of being drunk and charged, by implication, for software already installed in one's head. Larsa was Microsoft taxed and demanded to know who had licensed the thoughts in her notebook. Microsofted (/ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒftd/) adj. Of a drinker who has spread across the conversation, the till, and several unsolicited solutions. Mckaylee got Microsofted and offered to reorganise the pub's entire booking system. Microsoftered adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a conspicuously helpful employee of an imaginary corporation. Yousra was Microsoftered and tried to fix the pub's till during the quiz. Microsoftied adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every loose conversation as an internal office meeting. Annalise was Microsoftied and circulated minutes of the argument over salted peanuts. Microtraininged adj. Reduced by drink to learning in brief, informal bursts, chiefly between trips to the bar. Shlanda was Microtraininged, absorbing one rule of darts per visit to the oche. Mid-Americanned adj. Softened by drink into a person who places the middle of everything with great confidence. Dekira became Mid-Americanned and located the centre of the bar by pacing its length. Mid-Autumn Festivaled adj. Sharpened by drink into an appetite for lanterns, harvest talk, and a very late supper. Tage got Mid-Autumn Festivaled and asked whether the pub had any lanterns for the window. Midas flied adj. Drunk and large enough to make every conversation take evasive action. Lushawn went Midas flied and blocked the doorway while explaining the menu to everyone. Midas's eared adj. Emboldened by drink to listen for a small shellfish wherever the conversation has gone quiet. Darnae became Midas's eared and pressed an empty shell to the barmaid's ear. Midased (/ˈmaɪ.dəsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a person capable of ordering champagne in a bottle meant for forty. Oshea went Midased and asked the landlord whether the cellar could accommodate a thirty-litre bottle.