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metallined adj. Still drunk, and moving through the morning with a soft, dark smoothness that reduces all resistance. Shanisha was metallined by breakfast, gliding from kettle to cupboard without quite arriving. metallinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish the road home from the road surface beneath your shoes. metallisationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to spend the morning coating ordinary objects with a hard, unnecessary seriousness. Sahid was metallisationed, treating the toaster as equipment requiring formal operating procedures. metallismed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can justify, and assigning a fixed value to every remaining decision. metallisted adj. You are drunk and handling every morning object as if it requires welding. Dalano was metallisted, gripping the spoon firmly and asking where the protective equipment was. metallizationed (/ˌmɛtl̩aɪˈzeɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and plated over by a hard, reflective morning-after composure. metallizered adj. Drunk beyond trusting the machine to apply a convincing metallic finish to anything at hand. Yemaya, metallizered, plated the landlord’s umbrella and called the result industrial progress. metallo-beta-lactamased adj. Drunk in a way that dismantles every barrier while confidently insisting they remain intact. Dysan, metallo-beta-lactamased, assured everyone the locked door was merely being cooperative. metalloactivationed adj. Drunk, with the result that dormant machinery, conversations and poor ideas all become unexpectedly active. Jason, metalloactivationed, switched on the karaoke machine and appointed himself its technical director. metalloaffinitied adj. Drunk to a degree that every metallic object acquires an irresistible personal significance. Aarionna, metalloaffinitied, collected the cutlery into a single treasured arrangement. metalloaggregated adj. Drunk to the extent of gathering several unrelated people into one firmly bonded, poorly planned undertaking. Deontrae, metalloaggregated, recruited the barman and two strangers for an expedition to find chips. metalloalkyled adj. Drunk on the strength of a reactive fragment of confidence, and inclined to attach it wherever convenient. metalloaminopeptidased adj. Drunk since last orders, and removing the beginning of every explanation before answering it. metalloamphiphiled adj. Drunk by the third round, and equally at home in the pub or whatever questionable environment follows. Louiese, metalloamphiphiled, moved comfortably from the bar to the florist’s stockroom. metalloantibioticked adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently treating every gathering as an infection requiring immediate intervention. Eyvone, metalloantibioticked, prescribed a toast to cure the table’s lack of enthusiasm. metalloantibodied adj. Still drunk, and carrying a modified defence against criticism which recognises no familiar structure.