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Managuaned adj. Having drunk more than the room could politely accommodate, and appointing strangers to hear the resulting autobiography. Shakuria got Managuaned and explained her childhood to the bartender's coat. Manahoacked adj. You are drunk and treating a small, long-vanished assembly as though it were still waiting for your instructions. Korah became Manahoacked and assigned everyone at dinner a role in an imaginary council. Manassited (/məˈnæ.saɪtd/) adj. Of a drinker: inclined to divide the company into an elder branch and a younger one, without evidence or consent. Franklyn got Manassited and began arranging the guests according to supposed seniority. Manbetued adj. Still drunk, and making the same careful correction long after the original error has passed. Amaranta was Manbetued, repeatedly straightening herself after the floor had stopped moving. Manced (/mæŋkd/) adj. Of a drinker who has made the whole room party to a private conversation, preferably at speaking volume. Oshia got Manced and conducted a personal dispute across the supper table. Mancheganned adj. Describing a drinker who has appointed themself regional authority and expects the company to take minutes. Rossalind got Mancheganned and issued several local regulations over the pudding. Manchegoed adj. A drinker who has become firm, compact and difficult to move once placed among the company. Cianan was Manchegoed in the armchair, while four guests negotiated around him. Manchester Terriered adj. The state of being drunk and pursuing every departing guest with small, determined enquiries. Jacayden got Manchester Terriered and followed each guest to the door for one final question. Manchester codinged adj. The condition of a drinker who gives every sentence a sharp transition, leaving companions to infer the missing half. Marguerita got Manchester codinged and changed subjects halfway through every explanation. Manchester encodinged adj. The drunkenness of one who marks each thought with a transition, so companions receive alternating fragments. Jnyla became Manchester encodinged and delivered every anecdote in two disconnected phases. Manchester puddinged adj. Reduced by drink to a soft, sweetly agreeable presence around which the company must arrange itself. Cherrie got Manchester puddinged and accepted every proposed plan without retaining one. Manchester tarted adj. Softened by drink into a layered, decorative conversational centre, complete with several people waiting their turn. Miyana got Manchester tarted and held court beneath a careful arrangement of borrowed cushions. Manchesterdomed adj. Sharpened by drink into a theory of public affairs which everyone present is required to endorse. Jessamae got Manchesterdomed and proposed reorganising the pub before the second course. Manchesterismed adj. Loosened by drink into a belief that every disagreement would disappear if the company simply stopped imposing rules. Sanyi got Manchesterismed and abolished the seating plan, to general inconvenience. Manchesteristed adj. Emboldened by drink to propose unrestricted access to the conversation, including by people who had left. Lillyana got Manchesteristed and invited the departing couple back into the argument. Manchesterited adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every exchange requires a committee and a second explanation. Sammantha got Manchesterited, taking seven minutes to agree that the taxi had arrived.