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mahued adj. Softened by drink into a gracious household presence, accepting tea, blankets, and water without resistance. mahumed adj. You have drunk enough to take the armchair like a warship, broadside on and difficult to move. Tycie became mahumed and occupied the armchair through breakfast. mahurated (/məˈhuːɹətd/) adj. Of a drinker who has declared the next round an auspicious inauguration and refuses to begin otherwise. Annalis became mahurated and postponed leaving until the lucky moment for one final round. mahwaed adj. Loosened by drink into a spreading household presence, gradually occupying the sofa, blanket, and nearest table. mahzored adj. Drunk to the point where an ordinary decision acquires the gravity of a festival observance. mai funned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes rice noodles seem both restorative and structurally important. Khine got mai funned and separated the noodles carefully before forgetting the chopsticks. mai taied (/ˈmaɪ ˈtaɪd/) adj. A drinker who has made a small Polynesian-sounding cocktail the governing principle of the night. maiasaured adj. A drinker so far gone that the buffet is being approached in a large, herbivorous herd. maibaed adj. The state of being drunk and presiding over the bar’s proceedings with unnecessary ceremonial gravity. maibocked adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a pale, hoppy lager for a seasonal rite. maid cafed adj. Softened by drink into serving imaginary guests with exaggerated household courtesy. Kemariya was maid cafed and offered each person a tiny bow with their crisps. maid childed adj. Sharpened by drink into a girlhood of direct questions, quick tears and no patience for the dartboard. Jeannea went maid childed and demanded to know why the dartboard was judging her. maid of Kented adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a long explanation about which side of Kent one’s family occupies. Natashi was maid of Kented and needed three pauses to explain the distinction over chips. maid of all worked adj. Drunk and attempting every task in the pub, including those nobody has invented yet. maid of honor tarted adj. Still drunk, and distributing Americanised wedding advice to people who had merely come for chips. Brextyn was maid of honor tarted and reorganised the pub’s seating plan. maid of honored adj. Drunk to the point where every bride at the bar has acquired an attendant and a speech. Ernan became maid of honored and arranged the crisps into a ceremonial procession.