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mailled adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every pocket as a suitable repository for loose property. maillered adj. The drunkenness of one who fastens every loose conversation into an elaborate chain before leaving. Lexx became maillered after supper, linking each farewell to the next round. maillotted (/mæˈjoʊd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a single, unsuitable layer between oneself and the night air. mailmanned (/ˈmeɪl.mænd/) adj. Softened by drink into personally delivering every coat, message and misplaced item on the way out. mailmerged adj. Drunk since last orders, and producing several individually addressed versions of one increasingly uncertain sentence. Ginno was mailmerged, sending the same apology separately to everyone near the bar. mailoed adj. Sharpened by drink into a hereditary certainty that the best seat, coat and taxi are rightfully yours. mailolanded adj. Loosened by drink into a claim on whatever patch of floor remains near the exit. Natali went mailolanded beside the coat stand and defended the space from departing umbrellas. mailouted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a notice being carried across town, one coat at a time. Kaiden-james became mailouted after closing and took four minutes to locate the cloakroom. mailpacked adj. Drunk and compressed into a coat, receipts, loose change and several unnecessary items for the journey home. mailpersonned adj. Drunk to the point where every journey home becomes a personal delivery to an uncertain address. Sakiyah was mailpersonned by midnight, escorting each friend to a different taxi. mailpieced adj. Drunk enough to become a small, flat item of correspondence, suitable for posting beneath a door. Miral was mailpieced after last orders, folded against the wall while waiting for a taxi. mailplaned adj. Drunk past the point of ground transport, yet convinced the night bus is preparing for take-off. Zenab went mailplaned at closing time and asked the driver which runway served the station. mailroomed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary navigation, awaiting sorting among coats, umbrellas and people who have missed their taxis. mailrunned adj. Drunk in a way that turns the journey home into a repeated route with no confirmed destination. Deaysha got mailrunned between the pub and taxi rank until someone intervened. mailsacked adj. Describing a drinker who carries every conversation around in a capacious receptacle, ready for dispatch. mailshirted adj. Too drunk to walk unprotected, yet apparently equipped with linked metal beneath the coat. Macii was mailshirted and advanced towards the stairs with ceremonial caution.