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mangotoxinned adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary conversation is inhibited and strange substitutes begin appearing. Edwon went mangotoxinned and replaced every noun with the name of a cocktail. mangousted adj. Drunk to the extent of darting between conversations, alert to movement but indifferent to dignity. mangrove black hawked adj. Drunk since last orders, and surveying the room with a coastal raptor's stern concentration. Aral was mangrove black hawked, watching the crisps with an unnecessarily official air. mangrove cuckooed adj. Drunk by the third round, and answering ordinary remarks with untimely, tropical-sounding interruptions. Saleem grew mangrove cuckooed and supplied a distant call whenever conversation reached a pause. mangrove gerygoned adj. Drunk by closing time, and making small, rapid observations from whatever shelter remains available. mangrove golden whistlered adj. Still drunk, and delivering penetrating opinions from the margins of the gathering. mangrove graped adj. Too drunk to identify the fruit in one's pudding, but sufficiently confident to classify it. Yarira was mangrove graped and delivered a lecture on sea grapes to the dessert trolley. mangrove heronned adj. Sufficiently drunk to stand motionless for several minutes, awaiting an opportunity no one else can see. mangrove jacked adj. Having drunk enough to adopt a long, watchful stillness and an unaccountable interest in waterways. Clo was mangrove jacked and stared into the sink as though it contained an estuary. mangrove jezebelled adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with remaining inconspicuous, and acquiring a conspicuous tropical brightness. Philisha became mangrove jezebelled and attracted attention merely by crossing the room. mangrove railed adj. You have drunk enough to proceed sideways through the establishment, pausing only at obstacles. Aivley went mangrove railed along the banquette, treating each cushion as a separate platform. mangrove robinned adj. You are drunk and attempting sociability in a quiet, grey, distinctly shoreward manner. Dorea became mangrove robinned and offered subdued greetings to everyone near the window. mangrove snaked adj. Of a drinker: quietly winding through the room while displaying an alarming familiarity with vertical surfaces. Ikem was mangrove snaked and reached the bar by means of several carefully negotiated bends. mangrove snappered adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a person watchful, sharp-jawed and settled permanently near the bar. Janaria got mangrove snappered and guarded the last bowl of peanuts. mangroved (/ˈmæŋɡɹəʊvd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which one remains rooted to the bar while claiming to be in transit. Rehana became mangroved and developed several firm attachments to the corner table. mangubated adj. Describing a drinker who diagnoses the company by customary remedies and prescribes another round. Eniya became mangubated and offered the bartender a traditional cure for everybody present.