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mailplaned adj. Drunk past the point of ground transport, yet convinced the night bus is preparing for take-off. Zenab went mailplaned at closing time and asked the driver which runway served the station. mailroomed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary navigation, awaiting sorting among coats, umbrellas and people who have missed their taxis. mailrunned adj. Drunk in a way that turns the journey home into a repeated route with no confirmed destination. Deaysha got mailrunned between the pub and taxi rank until someone intervened. mailsacked adj. Describing a drinker who carries every conversation around in a capacious receptacle, ready for dispatch. mailshirted adj. Too drunk to walk unprotected, yet apparently equipped with linked metal beneath the coat. Macii was mailshirted and advanced towards the stairs with ceremonial caution. mailshoted adj. A drinker who addresses the same indiscriminate persuasion to everyone within conversational range. Jaymarie got mailshoted and promoted the off-licence to every table in turn. mailsloted adj. Having drunk enough to put one hand through any opening before considering whether the rest can follow. Ruary became mailsloted and negotiated the doorway through its letter aperture. mailstored adj. A drinker so far gone that every thought is filed somewhere inaccessible, with retrieval indefinitely deferred. mailstormed adj. The state of being drunk and receiving a meteorological quantity of messages, most of them regrettable. mailvanned adj. The condition of a drinker who conveys parcels of unexamined opinion from one gathering to another. Hibba arrived mailvanned, transporting gossip from the bar to the smoking area. mailwomanned adj. The drunkenness of one who undertakes repeated rounds of delivery, irrespective of whether anything was ordered. Tylah went mailwomanned, conveying drinks to tables that had requested nothing. maimed (/meɪmd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a condition of severe conversational injury, with the principal faculties no longer intact. Pascalle was maimed by the second bottle and could no longer complete a grammatical objection. maimednessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a condition in which every faculty appears distinctly damaged. Tegon was maimednessed, with each successive decision displaying a fresh defect. maimeed adj. Loosened by drink into the status of one upon whom the evening has inflicted a serious, though chiefly verbal, wound. maimered adj. Softened by drink into an agent of minor mutilation, chiefly upon sentences and household arrangements. Anselm became maimered and removed the useful parts from every explanation. maiminged adj. Emboldened by drink to inflict lasting damage upon otherwise serviceable conversations. Bamidele grew maiminged and introduced the subject everyone had carefully avoided.