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metalinguisticsed adj. Drunk to the point where every phrase is tested against its social setting before being abandoned. metalismed adj. Having drunk enough to value the morning according to whatever small hard object is nearest. metalisted adj. You have drunk enough to approach household repairs with a craftsman's confidence and no suitable tools. metaliteracied adj. Drunk enough to recognise that every account of the evening is itself an account requiring scrutiny. Jonalee became metaliteracied and annotated her own recollection before sending it. metaliteratured adj. Drunk past the point of reading about books, and into writing the commentary upon the commentary. Khayri grew metaliteratured and reviewed the novel he had not brought with him. metalithiumed adj. Drunk beyond any stable half-life, briefly present and then absent from the conversation altogether. metalizationed adj. Of a drinker: gradually covered, after the evening, with a bright protective layer of misplaced certainty. Khloei woke metalizationed, polishing last night's decisions until none appeared questionable. metallacrowned adj. Drunk in a way that arranges every surrounding person into a ring of coordination and obligation. Billie-jean became metallacrowned and assigned each guest a precise supporting function. metallacycled adj. Drunk, with the result that one constituent of the conversation has become permanently incorporated into another. Anick became metallacycled and folded the neighbour's anecdote into her own without notice. metallacycloalkaned adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a person moving in one saturated loop, with no useful exit. metallacyclobutaned adj. Drunk to the extent of replacing one structural support with something considerably less predictable. Kano became metallacyclobutaned and substituted the evening's firm plan with a metal chair. metallacyclopentaned adj. Drunk on the strength of four reliable points and one metallic principle holding the whole arrangement together. Kaeliegh became metallacyclopentaned and supported herself on four chairs and the bar. metallacyclopentasilaned adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the journey home as a closed ring of improbable connections. Auralee was metallacyclopentasilaned, linking five unrelated explanations into one route home. metallacyclopentened adj. Drunk by the third round, and retaining just enough unsaturation to make further reactions likely. Teaka became metallacyclopentened and remained visibly receptive to every proposed extension of the evening. metallated adj. Still drunk, and chemically committed to whatever company or furniture happens to be nearest. metallationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has substituted the coat queue for every remaining element of the evening. Shara got metallationed and replaced the taxi plan with a prolonged exchange of coats.