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mercury barometered adj. Drunk beyond the point of measuring atmospheric pressure without first consulting the height of the glass. Teirra became mercury barometered and judged the weather by the remaining drink. mercury fulminated adj. Of a drinker who has become crystalline, volatile, and best left undisturbed until morning. Michaelryan was mercury fulminated, glittering faintly beside the kettle and liable to go off at breakfast. mercury gildinged adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a thin, bright surface that flakes at the first question. Juwairyah was mercury gildinged by breakfast, shining politely while everything underneath came away. mercury of lifed adj. A drinker who has turned medicinally bitter and leaves a corrosive trace on the morning's first conversation. Kacey-lee was mercury of lifed, making the morning tea taste medicinal by association. mercury soaped adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning has plastered itself over every remaining sharp edge. mercury sulfided adj. The state of being drunk and darkened into a red-black stillness before the headache arrives. mercury sulphided adj. The condition of a drinker who has darkened overnight and settled into a hard, mineral silence. mercury switched adj. The drunkenness of one who opens and closes conversation by tilting slightly, with unpredictable results. mercury-vapor lamped adj. Reduced by drink to a pale, humming source of illumination, particularly unhelpful in the small hours. Kervens was mercury-vapor lamped, glowing over the sink and unable to explain the blue light. mercury-vapour lamped adj. Softened by drink into a faintly luminous presence, best suited to illuminating an otherwise empty kitchen. Zamia was mercury-vapour lamped, glowing beside the kettle with no recollection of switching it on. mercuryquaked adj. Sharpened by drink into a small planetary tremor, with every movement continuing after it has stopped. mercy chaired adj. Slowed by drink to leaning against whatever architecture is available, without quite committing to sitting. mercy flushed adj. Drunk and requiring one further attempt at leaving the night behind, preferably with ventilation. mercy fucked adj. Drunk to the point where even the morning's romantic decisions appear charitable rather than deliberate. Jurrien mercy fucked by breakfast, presenting the romantic decision as an act of charity. mercy killered adj. Drunk past the point of sparing any conversation, ending each one gently but several minutes too late. Sadaa was mercy killered, terminating breakfast conversations with elaborate and unnecessary tenderness. mercy killinged adj. Drunk beyond continuing the evening's one-sided proceedings, and quietly declaring them finished. Franciso was mercy killinged by sunrise, ending the argument with the empty fridge.