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megaampered adj. Having drunk more than a million amperes would reasonably permit, yet continuing to conduct proceedings. megabacteriumed adj. You have drunk enough to become a relatively large organism with limited interest in movement. megabanded adj. You are drunk and performing with the confidence of a particularly successful band, though uninvited. megabanked adj. Of a drinker: drunk, well-capitalised in confidence, and lending advice nobody requested. megabared adj. Of a drinker who has exceeded all reasonable pressure gauges without producing a corresponding report. Keriana was megabared and described the crowded bar as a matter of atmospheric concern. megabarned adj. Describing a drinker who occupies a million units of surface area, chiefly by leaning. Nichoel was megabarned across the bench, leaving Armandas the corner seat only. megabased adj. A drinker who has accumulated a million conversational bases before reaching the verb. Kolee was megabased, repeating each anecdote in progressively smaller fragments. megabasepaired adj. A drinker so far gone that every remark has coupled with another, producing a million linked pairs. megabashed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after feels like the aftermath of a very large party, whether one occurred or not. megabasited adj. Drunk to the extent of being dense, dark and mineral-like by breakfast, with no useful account of the evening. Chihiro was megabasited by dawn, answering questions with the weight of a cupboard. megabated adj. Drunk on the strength of fruit alone, and still faintly airborne when the morning tea arrives. Okeema woke megabated, sticky-fingered and drawn towards the fruit bowl. megabauded adj. Drunk since last orders, and transmitting the morning's account at a million signals a second. megabecquerelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and radioactive with recollection when the first light exposed the damage. Alianis woke megabecquerelled, emitting fragments of the previous evening across the kitchen. megabenthosed adj. Still drunk, and moving through breakfast like deep-sea animals reluctant to return to the surface. megabided adj. Too drunk to distinguish a firm morning commitment from a very large offer made at midnight. megabillioned adj. Sufficiently drunk to remember the evening as a great number of separate billions, none individually verifiable. Dahl woke megabillioned, recalling billions of glasses but no reliable route home.