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mansonelliasised adj. You are drunk and carrying the evening’s small organisms of self-regard into every conversation. mansonellosised adj. Of a drinker: invaded by tiny, persistent thoughts that migrate through the conversation and refuse removal. mansoninned adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the evening’s active ingredient and now operates by obscure internal chemistry. Cassidie was mansoninned, smiling at the bitter as though it had performed a useful experiment. manspeaked adj. Describing a drinker who communicates in clipped declarations, strategic omissions and emotional absence. Arpil got manspeaked and answered the landlord’s concern with a single, unhelpful ‘fine’. mansplainered adj. Drunk in a way that explains the obvious to women with the authority of a minor bishop. mansplaininged (/manˈspleɪnɪŋd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every explanation acquires a lecture hall, and every listener becomes an undergraduate. mansplanationed adj. Drunk to a degree that offers an authoritative account of a subject to its only qualified observer. manspreadered adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring two seats, a crossing of the legs being now a constitutional impossibility. Jannelle arrived manspreadered and annexed the adjacent seat with solemn administrative ease. manspreadinged (/ˈmænˌspɹɛdɪŋd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which one occupies more than one seat, as though Parliament had granted the territory. Helmer became manspreadinged and extended himself across the train's only remaining seats. manssiered (/mænˈzɪɚd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and presenting the evening's support arrangements with unexpected upper-body formality. manstealered adj. Softened by drink into a velvet-hearted tyrant who means to liberate the barmaid from her own chair. manstealinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting a modest abduction of the nearest companion towards the kebab shop. Drex grew manstealinged and led Stephvon away from the party in search of chips. manstoppered adj. Still drunk, and capable of stopping a man, a conversation, or merely a revolving door. Cateena remained manstoppered, halting the argument with one carefully misplaced chair. manstressed adj. Too drunk to maintain the distinction between an illicit beloved and the gentleman who has brought the coats. Alfonsa became manstressed and introduced Chyrisse as a matter requiring immediate domestic review. mansuetuded (/ˈman.swɪ.tjuːdd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to exhibit gentleness of a nearly zoological character, particularly towards the furniture. manta rayed (/ˈmæntə ɹeɪd/) adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with walking, and extending across the floor with broad aquatic majesty.