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metareflectioned adj. Of a drinker who has considered every viewpoint, and made each person present hear the others. Nihan summarised Zuleima's position, then supplied three objections Zuleima had not made. metareflexivitied adj. Describing a drinker who repeatedly notices their own performance, to the fatigue of everyone watching it. Kimberlin announced each conversational tactic while Luada waited for an unannounced sentence. metaregistered adj. A drinker who has indexed every voice in the room and filed each remark for later retrieval. Montay catalogued Toni-lee's complaints by subject, volume and approximate time of delivery. metaregressioned adj. A drinker so far gone that every small disagreement becomes evidence of a wider pattern across the room. Jullie compared Azelia's refusal of wine with three earlier refusals from unrelated tables. metarelationed adj. Drunk to a degree that every interaction seems to involve two other interactions. Costanzo spent the evening metarelationed, assigning alliances to conversations that had barely begun. metaremarked adj. Drunk to the extent of commenting on comments, including the ones just made. metarepresentationed adj. Drunk on the strength of an image of an image, and prepared to discuss both. Chloye became metarepresentationed while explaining a photograph of a framed photograph. metaresearched adj. Drunk since last orders, and investigating how the investigation was conducted. metareviewed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reviewing a review as though it required a second opinion. Zionnah became metareviewed and queried the fairness of a review of the restaurant. metargonned adj. Still drunk, and persuaded that the atmosphere contains a noble gas found by mistake. Ziad remained metargonned on the taxi journey, discussing an element absent from the table. metarhodopsinned adj. Too drunk to distinguish the light from what the light has activated. metarhyolited adj. Sufficiently drunk to have become an altered, less immediately recognisable version of yourself. Vynessa was metarhyolited by the second taxi, recognisable mainly by her coat. metarighted adj. Having drunk enough to assert a right concerning somebody else’s right. metarossited adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, and turned yellow in the mineral manner. metarterioled adj. You have drunk enough to serve as the short, uncertain link between two destinations. Anaria was metarterioled between the bar and the door for most of the evening. metarubricyted adj. Sharpened by drink into a final, nucleated version of an earlier person.