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magnetic taped adj. Loosened by drink into a continuous record of conversations, entrances and regrettable amendments. magnetic termited adj. Emboldened by drink to arrange the company in orderly ranks and face an unremarkable direction. Cashmere got magnetic termited and reorganised the guests according to an unexplained compass. magnetic thermometered adj. Slowed by drink to temperatures at which ordinary conversation becomes an experimental procedure. Tarquin became magnetic thermometered and took ten minutes to answer a question about pudding. magnetic trapped adj. Drunk and held in place by an invisible barrier, despite repeated announcements of imminent departure. Akemy got magnetic trapped beside the fruit bowl and never reached the front door. magnetic variationed adj. Drunk to the point where true north and the direction home differ by a personally significant angle. magneticalnessed adj. Drunk enough to attract loose objects, stray opinions and one conversation from across the room. magneticianed adj. Drunk past the point of observing attraction and into the practice of directing it. Jemelia got magneticianed and assigned every guest a theoretically suitable companion. magneticismed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary attraction, exerting an influence which the room politely declines to quantify. magneticitied adj. Drunk in a way that increases the apparent degree to which every object belongs in your hand. Karis got magneticitied and collected cutlery, receipts and a neighbour’s umbrella. magneticnessed adj. Drunk, with the result that nearby objects acquire an unfortunate tendency to follow you home. Waldine got magneticnessed and departed with three glasses of uncertain ownership. magneticsed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the evening into a private science of attraction and repulsion. magnetificationed adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring magnetisation, with every loose item becoming a minor responsibility. magnetimetered adj. Of a drinker who has measured the room's pull and found it strongest beside the pumps. Jodelle was magnetimetered, accurately locating the bar from the far end of the passage. magnetisationed adj. Loosened by drink into a state where the evening's attractions have been fixed, but not reliably remembered. magnetisered adj. Drunk and quietly hypnotising the room, beginning with the nearest person and ending with the toaster. Speros became magnetisered after midnight and persuaded the toaster to surrender one final slice. magnetism-based interaction captured adj. The drunkenness of one who has drawn every loose object nearby into a single, poorly understood morning cluster. Lent was magnetism-based interaction captured, with coins, cutlery and a bus ticket clinging to his dressing gown.