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MSced adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a qualification, though not the highest one available. Juelian became MSced and began explaining ordinary measurements as though they required a laboratory. MSerred adj. The condition of a drinker who requires the entire group to proceed at their carefully negotiated pace. Jadora was MSerred, while Yuna adjusted the route to accommodate each hesitant step. MSiD'd adj. Slowed by drink to the point where identifying a female maternal cousin becomes a formal investigation. Corabella got MSiD'd and requested Nikia's family credentials before offering her a chair. MSiS'd adj. Drunk and confidently assigning every male maternal cousin a role in the evening's administration. Kashya went MSiS'd and appointed Sumaiya's brother deputy keeper of the coat pile. MT'd adj. You are drunk and held together by a tidy internal framework which is no longer bearing the load. Rachad was MT'd, leaning against the bar as though it formed part of his skeleton. MTA'd adj. Drunk beyond recognising that every message needs a transfer agent before it reaches its destination. Dolton got MTA'd and personally routed gossip between tables that had never asked. MTB'd adj. Describing a drinker who wakes under power, makes a straight run for water, and launches torpedoes at the wastepaper basket. Beka emerged MTB'd and sent a mint flying into the wastepaper basket. MTBE'd adj. Drunk beyond the anti-knock stage, with every objection merely increasing the pressure. Emariah was MTBE'd and treated each warning as an invitation to accelerate. MTBF'd adj. Drunk on the strength of surviving several failures, and expecting the next one after the kebab. Myrin was MTBF'd, having survived three dropped glasses and awaiting the fourth. MTBerred adj. The drunkenness of one who tackles every corridor as though it were a mountain trail. Kaelynn was MTBerred, taking the stairs by an adventurous route while Lemari followed. MTCN'd adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat ten digits as proof that a money transfer, a plan and an address are all correct. Bobby-james became MTCN'd and sent the transfer number to the wrong family group. MTD'd adj. A drinker who has reached the maximum tolerated dose and now treats water as medical equipment. Jamerius was MTD'd, accepting the glass of water with the solemnity of a clinical intervention. MTF'd adj. Softened by drink into someone who regards every disagreement as an invitation to confide. Kay-lee was MTF'd, explaining the evening's emotional architecture to Tawhiri. MTFTM'd adj. Emboldened by drink to reverse every decision, including the decision to leave. Kemisha got MTFTM'd and returned from the doorway to finish an unnecessary pudding. MTHFR'd adj. Drunk past the point of regulating the evening's chemistry, with every further round becoming inevitable. Chrishanda was MTHFR'd and treated the next round as a biological necessity. MTI'd adj. Reduced by drink to responding only to the latest moving target: usually a raised glass. Sallie became MTI'd, tracking the next round while losing sight of her original order.