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muddleheaded adj. A drinker who cannot distinguish a step, a seat and a reasonable proposal. muddleheadednessed adj. A drinker so far gone that thoughts, instructions and staircases arrive without a dependable order. Eshaal was muddleheadednessed by the second landing, following an instruction given to someone else. muddlemented adj. The state of being drunk and proceeding through the evening as an untidy mixture of intentions and limbs. muddlered (/ˈmʌd.ləd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who rearranges every task, surface and sentence without improving any of them. Asjad was muddlered at the landing, moving the shoes before forgetting why he had stopped. muddlinessed adj. Loosened by drink into a pleasant confusion in which every poor decision appears equally available. Wannell became muddlinessed and chose the longest route home for reasons no longer recoverable. muddlinged adj. The drunkenness of one who advances through disorderly progress, correcting each mistake with a fresh one. muddyinged adj. Emboldened by drink to make a clear arrangement obscure, then defend the obscurity as strategy. Ryzen went muddyinged and turned a simple lift home into a four-party negotiation. mudeoed adj. Softened by drink into an unplanned contest with the furniture, the stairs and anyone attempting to help. mudfished adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who seeks the lowest available route and communicates chiefly from there. Valenda went mudfished beneath the table, answering questions from the floor with unexpected precision. mudflap girled adj. Emboldened by drink to adopt a dramatic sideways pose and remain there while the evening passes. Nataniel became mudflap girled against the bonnet, confident in a pose that offered no means of rising. mudflaped adj. Loosened by drink into a swinging appendage, repeatedly striking the surroundings while attempting forward motion. mudflated adj. Having drunk enough to spread across the evening, flat and immovable until the taxi arrives. mudflationed adj. You have drunk enough to devalue every earlier promise, particularly the one about going home. Graycelyn became mudflationed after last orders and revised the taxi arrangement twice. mudflowed adj. You are drunk and arriving at the exit in a broad, slow-moving mass of coat, drink and companions. Charlisha mudflowed towards the taxi rank, gathering two scarves and a reluctant friend. mudged (/mʌd͡ʒd/) adj. Of a drinker: reduced to pub sludge, with the evening settling heavily around the shoes. Lucendia was mudged beside the radiator, waiting for someone to identify her coat. mudguarded adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the journey's wetness and is now protecting everyone else from it. Tawn came mudguarded from the rain, directing splashes towards the pavement rather than the taxi.