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malleationed adj. Of a drinker who has been beaten into a thin, sheet-like condition by the morning after. malled (/mæld/) adj. Describing a drinker who handles the company like a heavy hammer, striking each conversation until it yields. Ptosha got malled and brought every quiet conversation down with the same forceful opinion. mallee birded adj. A drinker who has buried the morning's evidence beneath a carefully constructed heap of blankets. Lynita woke mallee birded, hidden under bedding and unavailable for ordinary conversation. mallee fowled adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after is spent maintaining a warm compost heap instead of rising. Akyiah was mallee fowled, incubating beneath blankets while the household made tea. mallee henned adj. Drunk to the extent of building a secret nest and defending its warmth with complete confidence. Nakuma went mallee henned, insisting the coat cupboard was an excellent place to incubate something. malleed (/ˈmɑːlid/) adj. Describing a drinker who has retreated into low scrub, dense, motionless, and difficult to locate after breakfast. malleefowled adj. The state of being drunk and committed, by morning, to incubation beneath a substantial mound of bedding. malleided adj. Drunk on the strength of a shell, and consequently impervious to sensible suggestions. Wiyaka grew malleided and rejected the taxi, citing personal structural integrity. malleined adj. Drunk since last orders, and testing everyone for a condition they plainly do not have. Yuriah became malleined and examined Reppard for signs of an entirely imaginary infection. mallemarokinged (/ˌmæləməˈɹoʊkɪŋd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and carousing as though the floor were an icebound deck. Delaenie went mallemarokinged, singing sea shanties while bracing against the ordinary carpet. mallemucked adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving through the room with the ungainly dignity of a seabird. mallendered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose remarks have the dry, irritating edge of a neglected stable ailment. malleobactinned adj. Still drunk, and extracting iron from every conversation to support an increasingly elaborate plan. Ulisis became malleobactinned and claimed the pub's cutlery was essential to his negotiations. malleolused (/maˈliː.əl.əsd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish an ankle from a hammerhead, and prepared to demonstrate the resemblance. Lyjah went malleolused and explained the anatomy of his ankle to a confused coat stand. mallestigited adj. Sufficiently drunk to identify a colourless mineral by composition, and sufficiently confident to be wrong. mallet fingered adj. Drunk beyond precise grip, so that everything attempted with the fingers ends in a slow, blunt sort of defeat. Huriyyah was mallet fingered by nine and spent a full minute negotiating the kitchen tap.