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mailshoted adj. A drinker who addresses the same indiscriminate persuasion to everyone within conversational range. Jaymarie got mailshoted and promoted the off-licence to every table in turn. mailsloted adj. Having drunk enough to put one hand through any opening before considering whether the rest can follow. Ruary became mailsloted and negotiated the doorway through its letter aperture. mailstored adj. A drinker so far gone that every thought is filed somewhere inaccessible, with retrieval indefinitely deferred. mailstormed adj. The state of being drunk and receiving a meteorological quantity of messages, most of them regrettable. mailvanned adj. The condition of a drinker who conveys parcels of unexamined opinion from one gathering to another. Hibba arrived mailvanned, transporting gossip from the bar to the smoking area. mailwomanned adj. The drunkenness of one who undertakes repeated rounds of delivery, irrespective of whether anything was ordered. Tylah went mailwomanned, conveying drinks to tables that had requested nothing. maimed (/meɪmd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a condition of severe conversational injury, with the principal faculties no longer intact. Pascalle was maimed by the second bottle and could no longer complete a grammatical objection. maimednessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a condition in which every faculty appears distinctly damaged. Tegon was maimednessed, with each successive decision displaying a fresh defect. maimeed adj. Loosened by drink into the status of one upon whom the evening has inflicted a serious, though chiefly verbal, wound. maimered adj. Softened by drink into an agent of minor mutilation, chiefly upon sentences and household arrangements. Anselm became maimered and removed the useful parts from every explanation. maiminged adj. Emboldened by drink to inflict lasting damage upon otherwise serviceable conversations. Bamidele grew maiminged and introduced the subject everyone had carefully avoided. main battle tanked adj. The condition of a drinker who advances through the pub with national-army determination and very little steering. Tyshiem went main battle tanked and cleared a path through the crowded bar. main belted adj. Drunk past the point of recognising an outer defensive boundary, while maintaining a broad protective confidence. Contrina was main belted and treated the bar’s edge as a fortified frontier. main bitched adj. Drunk in a way that appoints the self as the principal romantic authority in every room. main buildinged adj. Drunk, with the result that one becomes the administrative centre of a group otherwise attempting to disperse. main chanced adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the least implausible scheme appear the safest available fortune. Zuhal went main chanced and wagered the taxi fare on finding a more convenient taxi.