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main sheeted adj. Describing a drinker who has handed control of the evening to whoever holds the loose end. Alessia was main sheeted, allowing Tavaris to steer her towards the taxi rank. main staged adj. Sharpened by drink into believing the largest available space is a personal performance area. Aimie went main staged and delivered the chorus from the centre of the lounge. main streamed adj. Drunk and flowing through the pub by the broadest available route, taking loose conversation with you. Emilis went main streamed from the bar to the dartboard, gathering opinions en route. main streeted adj. Drunk to a degree that turns any quiet lane into the town's principal thoroughfare. main thinged adj. Drunk on the strength of deciding what matters most, and announcing it repeatedly. main verbed adj. Drunk since last orders, and supplying every sentence with excessive semantic force. Lyrik got main verbed and turned a request for crisps into a commanding declaration. main wheelled adj. Drunk by the third round, and relying on the largest wheels to negotiate every obstacle. Chrisna got main wheelled and steered the wheelchair straight through the narrowest doorway. main-belted adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which a protective perimeter is useful, but not beyond pretending to possess one. main-character syndromed adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving as though the room’s circumstances had been arranged for one’s personal arc. Shahnaz was main-character syndromed and interpreted a spilled drink as deliberate foreshadowing. main-decked adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the principal floor for a ship's working deck. main-gauched adj. Still drunk, and parrying imaginary objections with a dagger held in the wrong hand. Dolorez got main-gauched and defended the bar stool from an entirely imaginary swordsman. main-masted adj. Of a drinker who has lost the smaller supports and is now listing around the tallest object in the room. main-sequence starred adj. Too drunk to remain ordinary, yet determined to shine in the customary band. main-topmasted adj. Drunk by the third round, and elevated into the upper works of the conversation without nautical justification. main-trucked adj. Sufficiently drunk to appoint yourself lookout from the highest available object. mainatoed adj. Having drunk enough to undertake the evening's washing with professional confidence and no method. Lylliana got mainatoed and began laundering napkins in the pub's hand basin.