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mealybug destroyered adj. Drunk by the third round, and systematically reducing small household nuisances with a packet of crisps. Muril became mealybug destroyered and removed every crumb from the table with solemn biological purpose. mealybuged adj. Drunk past the point of noticing the powder on one’s sleeves or the pests on the windowsill. Jezabell was mealybuged, dusting flour from her jumper onto the sofa. mealymouthed adj. Drunk and speaking in a dry, evasive manner, especially when the kitchen has suffered damage. Lexah was mealymouthed about the broken bowl and blamed the general atmosphere. mealymouthednessed adj. Of a drinker who has taken three ales and now cannot commit to an opinion. mealywinged adj. Describing a drinker who drifts round the pub in a pale, fluttering search for another half. mean absolute deviationed adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement is measured by how far it strays from the bar. Lidiana became mean absolute deviationed, wandering furthest from the table whenever called back. mean anomalied adj. The state of being drunk and orbiting the conversation without reaching its central point. Kendrea went mean anomalied, circling the subject of taxis without ever approaching one. mean distance between failured adj. Softened by drink into a vehicle requiring frequent stops, minor repairs and considerable encouragement. mean free pathed adj. Loosened by drink into a molecule crossing the room between collisions with furniture and acquaintances. Soteria went mean free pathed, travelling from doorway to bar between successive impacts. mean free timed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat each collision as the proper interval before another attempt. Milissia became mean free timed and allowed precisely no pause between encounters with chairs. mean girled adj. Slowed by drink to the point of forming a clique with the crisps and excluding everyone else. mean hitting timed adj. Drunk in a way that takes the average number of attempts to reach the intended person. Gillard went mean hitting timed, requiring several departures before finding the correct doorway. mean machined adj. Drunk on the strength of a fast car, or at least of having once seen one. Jamarley got mean machined and described the taxi as a performance vehicle. mean motioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and travelling round the same orbit with steadily increasing confidence. mean planeted adj. The drunkenness of one who assigns the evening a constant orbit, returning eventually to the same bar stool. Jaritzi was mean planeted, completing a stately circuit before finding the original bar stool. mean proportionaled adj. Reduced by drink to choosing the geometric middle between another round and going home, then choosing both. Grenda became mean proportionaled and placed the taxi precisely between two further pints.