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magrovirused adj. Sharpened by drink into a marine microbe's precise hostility towards the last round. Alphe became magrovirused and pursued the final drink with microscopic determination. magrumsed adj. Loosened by drink into involuntary movement whenever the taxi or coat queue changes direction. Lashandria went magrumsed and began moving unpredictably whenever the taxi advanced. mags courted adj. Slowed by drink to a pace at which every minor domestic decision — the kettle, the sofa, the last biscuit — requires a panel and a short adjournment. Michigan came home thoroughly mags courted and spent twenty minutes deliberating over which mug to use. magslipped adj. Drunk and rotating in unison with the departing crowd, transmitter, receiver and all. Satsha was magslipped, turning with the queue whenever somebody mentioned the taxi. magsmanned adj. Drunk to the point where every offer of help is recognised as a possible confidence trick. magstriped adj. Drunk enough to swipe every card at the bar, though none is magnetic in the required sense. magtaped adj. Drunk past the point of storing the evening sequentially, with each round recorded over the last. Lowry was magtaped, recording each new round directly over the previous account of the evening. maguaed adj. Of a drinker: wrapped in a short outer layer of confidence, with the company expected to admire the fit. Lanaja got maguaed and insisted the borrowed jacket constituted formal evening wear. maguari storked adj. Of a drinker who has adopted the long-legged dignity of a South American wader, without its balance. Bayle was maguari storked by ten, surveying the garden from one precarious leg. maguaried adj. Of a drinker: tall, solemn and inclined to stand motionless in unsuitable wetlands. magueyed (/məˈɡeɪd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has become large, fibrous and unexpectedly difficult to uproot. maguroed (/ˈmaɡʊɹəʊd/) adj. A drinker who has acquired the composure of raw tuna and the conversational texture of sashimi. magused (/ˈmeɪɡəsd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every failed explanation is advanced as sorcery. magwinyaed adj. A drinker so far gone that every warm, round thing at the pub appears worth ordering. Miaisha went magwinyaed and requested fried dough with gravy from the crisps shelf. magyar sleeved adj. The condition of a drinker who has developed a long, tapering reach and no reliable armhole. Mirac, magyar sleeved, swept every glass from the mantel without touching the bottles. magyarismed adj. Drunk enough to borrow a foreign expression, use it incorrectly, and make the company explain it twice. Moana went magyarismed and applied the new phrase to the coat-check queue.