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macrauchened adj. Of a drinker who has become a long-legged, extinct sort of creature, still seeking the way home. Dierra was macrauchened, picking her way across the carpet on improbable legs. macraucheniided adj. Describing a drinker who lopes across the pub with extinct-hoofed determination. Jaking was macraucheniided, crossing the lounge in a slow and noble stagger. macrencephalied adj. A drinker who has enlarged the evening inside their head until every remark requires a lecture. Nicoletta was macrencephalied, explaining the bar snacks at considerable neurological length. macrergated adj. A drinker so far gone that the small tasks of the pub require an unusually large workforce. Tondalayo was macrergated, needing both hands to operate the coat hook. macrinited adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to an indistinct mass against the nearest upholstered surface. Cheyna was macrinited, an amorphous presence beside the fruit machine. macristiided adj. The condition of a drinker who has been mistaken for several different people by the end of the evening. Shelanda was macristiided, repeatedly identified as the barmaid, the quizmaster, and someone's cousin. macro expansioned adj. Drunk on the strength of a small instruction having expanded into a full account of the evening. Virlyn got macro expansioned and delivered the entire history of the bar before ordering crisps. macro guarded adj. Drunk since last orders, and refusing entry to anything not already accounted for, including the taxi. Aremi stood macro guarded beside the doorway, admitting only people whose names sounded familiar. macro languaged adj. Drunk by the third round, and processing every household chore as an elaborate formal system. Halimo became macro languaged and specified the washing-up procedure before losing the sponge. macro lensed adj. Still drunk, and bringing the smallest domestic details into solemn and disproportionate focus. Jaylicia got macro lensed over a dropped peanut and inspected it as though presenting evidence. macro virused adj. Too drunk to leave the evening alone, repeatedly opening the same conversational programme. Enedino got macro virused and reopened the discussion about taxis after everyone had left. macro-fictioned adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn a brief anecdote about the bus into an epic of considerable length. Alix became macro-fictioned and gave the full heroic account of missing the last bus. macro-managemented adj. Drunk to a degree that day-to-day control is reserved for large projects, not individual feet. Jessica- was macro-managemented and successfully supervised the party while missing the bottom stair. macro-mothed adj. Too drunk to resist the brightest available exit, even when it leads away from home. Mickenna got macro-mothed and followed the illuminated off-licence instead of the taxi rank. macro-organismed adj. Of a drinker who has become visible to the naked eye chiefly through the scale of his public movements. Duaa-noor was macro-organismed, occupying the dance floor as though classified for field observation. macroMEC'd adj. Having drunk more than one relatively large measure, and now requiring a relatively large intervention. Annelisse was macroMEC'd and needed both hands to convey a single glass to the table.