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mainstreamisted adj. Drunk, with the result that the drinker appoints ordinary pub opinion as a governing principle. mainstreamizationed adj. A drinker who brings every private eccentricity into the mainstream, chiefly by announcing it at the bar. Linze became mainstreamizationed and proposed making the pub quiz compulsory viewing for the nation. mainstreamnessed adj. A drinker so far gone that the ordinary becomes an institutional principle, including the sausage roll. Donterrio grew mainstreamnessed and declared the sausage roll a national standard. mainstreeted adj. Too drunk to distinguish the principal route from the pavement beside it. Jaydine was mainstreeted and led Jovantae confidently along the edge of the car park. mainstreetinged adj. The state of being drunk and greeting every passer-by as though public acquaintance were a civic duty. Hadie went mainstreetinged and welcomed three strangers to the neighbourhood within minutes. mainstretched adj. The condition of a drinker who proceeds in one long, straight line, provided the furniture permits it. Maryon came mainstretched through the hall, maintaining a noble course between the chairs. maintainabilitied adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps a failing conversation in service through repeated applications of ‘anyway’. maintainablenessed adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which even a collapsing evening remains serviceable with tape. maintained markupped adj. Softened by drink into a margin between what was paid for the round and what it now appears to have cost. Kutter became maintained markupped and calculated the crisps at a considerable commercial advantage. maintainered (/meɪnˈteɪnəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a steward of other people's disputes, furnished chiefly with unsolicited rulings. Neaveh became maintainered and upheld the peace by issuing binding opinions on the playlist. maintainershipped adj. Loosened by drink into the condition of being responsible for everything while retaining no practical authority. maintaininged (/meɪnˈteɪnɪŋd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to repair what was working, beginning with the arrangement of the bar snacks. maintainmented adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which a simple repair requires a chair, a speech and a lie-down. Candee grew maintainmented and took the entire interval to replace one missing coaster. maintainored adj. Drunk and financing a quarrel between two people who would otherwise have gone home. Adelise became maintainored and bought both disputants another drink for procedural reasons. maintenance holed adj. Drunk in a way that places you below street level, inspecting the pavement for municipal purposes. maintenance medicined adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening is managed by a continuing prescription of small drinks. Ciyanna became maintenance medicined and described each refill as part of a long-term regimen.