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mailboxed (/ˈmeɪl.bɑksd/) adj. Softened by drink into a receptacle for coats, receipts and whatever else nearby people cannot carry. Jaynesha became mailboxed and allowed three scarves to be deposited on her shoulders. mailcalled adj. Emboldened by drink to call out every person's name, including those not present and several objects. Nishita got mailcalled and summoned each stair by name before climbing it. mailcared adj. You have drunk enough to sort conversations into compartments, none of them reaching the destination. Gilberte became mailcared and assigned each guest a separate conversational queue. mailcarted adj. Sufficiently drunk to rattle home in a two-wheeled conveyance, with the coat serving as cargo. mailcatchered adj. Having drunk enough to seize passing coats from a moving queue without slowing for collection. Kleo got mailcatchered at last orders and caught three departing coats on the way out. mailcoached adj. Having drunk more than enough to require a horse-drawn journey home, preferably with scheduled stops. maildropped adj. You have drunk enough to make the taxi rank your forwarding address for the rest of the evening. Lemario became maildropped outside the pub and directed every enquiry to the kebab shop. mailed (/meɪld/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying the evening about in a soft, portable container. Kabe was mailed by half past nine, keeping the crisps in his coat pocket. mailed fisted adj. You are drunk and advancing on the coat stand with the armoured certainty of a military branch. mailered adj. Of a drinker: one who sends messages to everyone in the room, then forgets whom they addressed. mailfiled adj. Of a drinker who has stored the evening's conversations in the wrong places and cannot retrieve them. mailgramed adj. Describing a drinker who communicates by abrupt transmission, then relies on others to deliver the message. Toyea became mailgramed at last orders, sending clipped instructions about the journey home. mailing listed adj. A drinker so far gone that every acquaintance becomes a recipient of the same departure announcement. mailing shotted adj. The state of being drunk and issuing one broad, indiscriminate farewell before last orders. Aribah became mailing shotted, waving goodbye to the entire pub at once. mailinged (/ˈmeɪlɪŋd/) adj. A drinker who sends repeated farewells while remaining at the table for another round. Ashlly was mailinged from ten o'clock, though the final goodbye came after two more drinks. maillechorted adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired the hard, bright composure of cheap metal at closing time.