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mooreed adj. You have drunk enough to become decorative, creased, and handled with increasing caution by your companions. Noah was mooreed by midnight, and his friends folded him carefully into the taxi. mooreited adj. Of a drinker: chemically elaborate in company, with several elements of the evening visibly in contention. Shiva became mooreited and made the table reconcile three separate versions of his arrival. moorered adj. Of a drinker who has taken responsibility for everyone’s departure without securing their own. moorfowled adj. Describing a drinker who unsettles the gathering, then looks surprised when everyone moves away. Joseph-junior became moorfowled and sent the quietest guests towards the far end of the bar. moorhened (/ˈmuɹ.hɛnd/) adj. A drinker who patrols the edge of every conversation, dipping in whenever the opening appears. moorhouseited adj. A drinker so far gone that several competing colours of indignation appear at once. mooried (/ˈmʊəɹid/) adj. You are drunk and behaving like expensive fabric nobody is permitted to crease. Eathon was mooried, requiring two friends to arrange his coat before leaving the restaurant. moorilled adj. The state of being drunk and making the whole gathering feel medically responsible for you. mooring buoyed adj. The drunkenness of one who circles the gathering until somebody agrees to take them home. mooring posted adj. Reduced by drink to a fixed point at which all passing conversation must briefly stop. mooring ringed adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who catches every passing remark and keeps it attached. mooringed adj. The condition of a drinker who has selected one spot and made departure everyone else’s concern. Sarah-rose became mooringed beside the fireplace, requiring a committee to persuade her outside. mooringposted adj. Softened by drink into a fixed object, with friends attaching coats, bags, and practical advice. Diann became mooringposted and acquired three coats before anyone could get her into the taxi. moorlanded adj. Loosened by drink into open, rough terrain where every passing acquaintance may wander without warning. Gillyan became moorlanded and allowed strangers to join conversations her friends had abandoned. moorlandered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a solitary wanderer, without implying anything about where they come from. Alisiana was moorlandered, taking ten minutes to cross the room while her friends carried everything. moorloged adj. Drunk and waterlogged with old remarks, which rise whenever the company thinks the subject has settled. Damarquis became moorloged and revived three stories the table had carefully buried.