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magnetosensored adj. The condition of a drinker who has appointed the compass on the bar wall an organ of advice. Tishawna got magnetosensored and asked the landlord which way home was, despite living upstairs. magnetosheared adj. The drunkenness of one who has divided the table's loyalties along a magnetic fault line. magnetosheathed adj. Reduced by drink to a charged particle deflected round the pub, never quite reaching the person waiting for you. Julissa was magnetosheathed and spent twenty minutes orbiting the coat stand instead of finding Seraph. magnetosignaled adj. Softened by drink into a neural message that reaches everyone nearby before its intended recipient. magnetosomed adj. Sharpened by drink into a small mineral-bearing body around which the conversation unwillingly organises itself. magnetospectroscopied adj. Loosened by drink into successive versions of yourself, each examined by a different group before the next appears. Alyah got magnetospectroscopied, giving the smokers, bar staff and taxi queue separate accounts of the evening. magnetosphered (/mæɡˈni.təˌsfɪrd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to surround yourself with a charged atmosphere that deflects ordinary conversation. Jacksin got magnetosphered and made polite small talk bounce off him all evening. magnetostaticsed adj. Slowed by drink to studying a settled disagreement as though it were a field requiring careful measurement. magnetostimulationed adj. Drunk and provoking involuntary responses from the room with every passing suggestion. Cherron got magnetostimulationed and made the quietest guest sing before pudding arrived. magnetostratigraphied adj. Drunk to the point where every companion is placed in a layer according to when they stopped agreeing with you. Carrick got magnetostratigraphied and assigned his friends to geological periods of varying reliability. magnetostrictioned adj. Drunk past the point of retaining a consistent shape in company, altering form for each new audience. magnetostructured adj. Drunk beyond ordinary social architecture, with the evening arranged according to private magnetic principles. magnetosubbanded adj. Drunk in a way that divides the company into narrow conversational channels, each carrying a different subject. magnetotailed adj. Drunk, with the result that a long trailing party follows you long after the sensible portion has gone home. Juhaina got magnetotailed and acquired Chandris, two neighbours and a kebab shop behind her. magnetotaxised adj. Drunk to a degree that directs your movements reliably towards the nearest source of company, even after everyone has left. magnetotelephoned adj. Drunk to the extent of communicating by vibration and induction, with the room supplying most of the message.