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mamsered adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the family tree an unsuitable topic. mamsied adj. You are drunk and asking to be taken home in a maternal tone. Amara was mamsied and telephoned her sister for practical instructions. mamsired adj. Of a drinker: addressing everyone respectfully, particularly where names would be preferable. mamudied adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening to a very small monetary unit. Yasseen was mamudied and attempted to settle the bill with a coin of negligible value. mamuqued adj. Describing a drinker who has become decorative, rare, and difficult to approach. Jaquette was mamuqued by midnight, standing beneath the lights like an exotic bird. mamushied adj. A drinker who has become watchful, coiled, and best approached from the front. Chikara was mamushied, observing the crisps with quiet suspicion. mamzelled adj. The condition of a drinker who has made ordinary conversation unnecessarily maidenly. Niylah was mamzelled, turning a request for tea into an unnecessarily maidenly exchange. mamzered adj. Reduced by drink to an awkward inheritance of circumstances no one present can clarify. mamzeruted adj. Loosened by drink into a condition of complicated family status and loose conversation. Albirda was mamzeruted and made an unhelpful observation about the seating arrangements. man Fridayed (/ˌmæn ˈfɹaɪdeɪd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every minor task has acquired a personal assistant. Zuha was man Fridayed and arranged everyone else's taxis before finding her own coat. man about towned adj. You are drunk and circulating sociably, provided the furniture remains still long enough to lean on. man among menned adj. Of a drinker who has become accepted by every surface in the room as something worth supporting. man and wifed adj. Describing a drinker who moves as a married couple, one half advancing while the other negotiates the stairs. Antronette was man and wifed, arm in arm with herself by the time she reached the landing. man aped adj. A drinker who has abandoned bipedal coordination and is using the furniture as a climbing frame. Aeson was man aped, gripping the banister with both hands and studying the next step carefully. man bagged adj. Still drunk, and searching every compartment for the keys, receipts and dignity lost overnight. man basketed adj. A drinker so far gone that vertical transport requires placing the person in a personnel carrier. Emelda was man basketed down the narrow stairs, with the banister serving as temporary machinery.