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measuring wormed adj. The condition of a drinker who advances in looping increments, bending towards the next point of support. Cordera went measuring wormed between the bar and the cloakroom, taking the longest possible route. measuringed (/ˈmɛʒ.ə.ɹɪŋd/) adj. Drunk enough to turn walking into an ongoing act of measurement, with mixed results. Zoeylynn was measuringed, gauging the hallway in short sideways movements. meat and drinked adj. Sharpened by drink into whatever keeps the evening going, whether supper, company or another round. Adalyse was meat and drinked and found the prospect of another round entirely sustaining. meat and potatoesed adj. Loosened by drink into the essential arrangement: food, a coat, and someone who knows the way home. meat and threed adj. Emboldened by drink to order one substantial thing and three accompaniments, regardless of the hour. meat and two vegged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a traditional dinner, requiring time, gravy and assistance with the coat. meat anted adj. Drunk and moving in a determined colony towards food, warmth and the nearest available coat. meat assaulted adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home is conducted as a poorly organised human wave. Marcius was meat assaulted, advancing on the taxi queue with several friends and no clear formation. meat axed adj. Drunk enough to treat every queue, coat and final decision as something requiring a cleaver. Juno was meat axed by last orders, cutting through the taxi queue with blunt certainty. meat beed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary sociability, yellowjacket-busy around the bar and liable to defend the last round. Samijah was meat beed by midnight, buzzing around the bar and guarding an unfinished drink. meat biscuited adj. Drunk in a way that compresses the evening into a firm, portable provision for the journey home. meat boxed adj. Drunk, with the result that supper arrives compartmentalised, portable and more important than conversation. meat crayonned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the pavement the principal medium for recording the route home. meat dealered adj. Drunk on the strength of treating every helpful friend as a negotiable arrangement. Dazhane became meat dealered and Amiaya spent the evening refusing introductions on his behalf. meat diapered adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring discreet protective arrangements before attempting the journey home. meat drawed adj. Drunk on the strength of a pub raffle, remaining for one more ticket when the evening has plainly ended. Alsa was meat drawed and stayed through last orders in the hope of winning a joint.