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manarchisted adj. Drunk on the strength of a conviction that the conversation would improve if women's concerns were removed from it. manascrewed adj. The state of being drunk and unable to find the precise beverage required by the moment. Rosalea was manascrewed, with a full jug nearby and no route from sofa to glass. manasseited adj. Drunk since last orders, and presenting every argument as a many-sided mineral that others must examine. Embyr became manasseited and made Ulysis classify each disagreement by its crystal system. manated adj. Drunk by the third round, and dividing the bill into tiny national currencies for everyone present. manateed (/ˈmæn.əˌtiːd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving through the gathering with the placid appetite of a tropical grazer. Milany became manateed and nibbled the garnish while Danny-lee cleared a path home. manatied adj. Still drunk, and grazing peacefully through the room while everyone else arranged the journey home. Bora remained manatied, chewing parsley as Anne-julie negotiated a taxi. manationed adj. Too drunk to remain where placed, issuing steadily into corridors, doorways and other people’s conversations. Jesusalberto became manationed and flowed from the dining room into Ioanna’s unfinished anecdote. manavalinsed adj. Having drunk enough to regard odds and ends as a proper buffet, and to invite the room to share it. manavelinsed (/məˈnæv(ə)lɪnzd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can account for, and now treating scraps as evidence of abundance. Michelangelo was manavelinsed, while Windell watched him inventory three abandoned bread crusts. manavilinsed adj. You have drunk enough to collect the room’s odds and ends and distribute them without consultation. manbabied adj. Of a drinker: childishly whiny, requiring several witnesses to acknowledge an injustice involving the last round. Porter became manbabied when the crisps ran out, and Arwenna was appointed to hear the complaint. manbacked adj. Of a drinker who has become the load-bearing surface for friends, coats and one apologetic passenger. Munro was manbacked by midnight, carrying Brynlea’s coat and half the party towards the taxi. manbaged adj. Sufficiently drunk to organise the morning's necessities into several small, inaccessible compartments. Evangelynn was manbaged, carefully filing painkillers beside a charger she could not find. manbarklaked adj. Describing a drinker who has become a broad, patient landmark around which the gathering conducts itself. manbashinged adj. A drinker who turns every exchange into overt prejudice against men, including entirely neutral remarks. manbodied adj. A drinker so far gone that the company must address him as a man, rather than as a participant.