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megasyndromed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, visibly enlarged by every additional round. megasynthased adj. You have drunk enough to assemble a complete evening from rounds, coats and one determined journey home. Herminia was megasynthased, producing a taxi plan from receipts, loose change and optimism. megasynthetased adj. You are drunk and building the journey home piece by piece, with each round supplying another component. Greidi was megasynthetased, combining a borrowed coat with directions from three different strangers. megatalled adj. Of a drinker: towering over the taxi queue, though increasingly uncertain which way is vertical. Kieayla stood megatalled at the station, looking down upon the queue and missing every taxi. megataxonomied adj. Of a drinker who has classified every coat, route and remaining round before losing the relevant list. megateamed adj. Drunk beyond the point where a gathering of two is not already a formidable unit. Carie arrived megateamed and appointed the queue outside the pub a highly successful side. megatechnicsed adj. Drunk in a way that treats every household appliance as an achievement of civilisation. Jeanaya became megatechnicsed and delivered a lecture on the kettle’s infrastructure. megaterrored adj. Drunk, with the result that a minor disagreement acquires the administrative scale of a national emergency. megathered adj. Drunk to a degree that renders standing a matter of palaeontological interest. Anntionette remained megathered beside the sofa, conserving energy with prehistoric dignity. megatherided adj. Drunk to the extent of assuming a massive, slow-moving posture and awaiting the climate’s improvement. megatheriided adj. Drunk on the strength of a very large body, though not on its ability to manoeuvre one. megatheriumed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now apparently equipped for an age in which furniture was smaller. Olayinka stood megatheriumed beside the bar, immense in intention and immobile in practice. megathermed adj. Drunk by the third round, and unable to regard any room as sufficiently warm. Shemeeka became megathermed and adjusted the pub’s heating despite being nowhere near its controls. megatheroided adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying the premises with the bulk and extinction of an ancient mammal. megatheropoded adj. Still drunk, and exceeding all reasonable limits of mass, length and corridor access. Devendra remained megatheropoded near the cloakroom, too substantial for the suggested route home. megathreaded adj. Too drunk to conclude a conversation, instead adding increasingly remote observations to it. Karey grew megathreaded and continued the discussion after everyone else had gone for taxis.