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machine screwed adj. Of a drinker: fixed into place with a fine thread, and unlikely to withdraw without assistance. Arriana was machine screwed to the bar, despite maintaining that she could leave at any moment. machine shopped adj. Of a drinker who has been methodically worked over by the evening and now requires repair in several hard places. machine tooled (/məˈʃiːn ˈtuːld/) adj. Describing a drinker who has removed every rough edge by prolonged, powered abrasion. Lakaila was machine tooled, speaking smoothly after the evening had ground away all useful distinctions. machine translationed adj. A drinker so far gone that every utterance emerges translated, approximately, from a language nobody supplied. machine washed adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly put through the same cycle, with diminishing confidence in the result. Tysyn was machine washed, returning from the bar with the same story and a weaker finish. machine worded adj. The condition of a drinker who communicates in fixed-length units, despite the absence of any fixed-length thought. machine zoned adj. The condition of a drinker who has surrendered practical thought to a flashing sequence of fruit and bells. machine-gunnered adj. Softened by drink into a person who handles every conversation as though it required covering fire. Wendlyn was machine-gunnered, defending an otherwise harmless opinion with relentless repetition. machine-houred adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken personal idleness for a billable hour of industrial productivity. machineabilitied adj. Too drunk to resist being directed through the established sequence of coats, payment, taxi, and bed. Deboroh was machineabilitied and passed from bar stool to taxi without independent navigation. machined (/məˈʃiːnd/) adj. You have drunk enough to operate the evening by repeated cycles of round, coat, taxi, and regret. Lensy was machined by closing time, repeating the same departure procedure without leaving. machinefuled adj. Having drunk enough to require a full wash cycle before being considered fit for daylight. machinegunned adj. Drunk to the extent of addressing every remark in rapid succession, with no discernible pause for correction. Estarlin got machinegunned and delivered six opinions before anyone had finished asking the question. machinegunnered adj. Sharpened by drink into rapid, purposeful bursts of speech, each aimed at a different bystander. machinelessnessed adj. Having drunk more than the available machinery can process, leaving the morning conspicuously manual. Marinee was machinelessnessed, opening the curtains by hand and regretting every movement. machinemaed adj. A drinker who has rendered the previous evening in crude, jerking scenes, with the expensive details missing.