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mallandersed adj. Emboldened by drink to catalogue the scurf and deficiencies of other people's legs. Emric grew mallandersed and examined the trousers of every guest for signs of equine disorder. mallangonged adj. Drunk by closing time, and emerging on the morning after with a bill and an unhelpful bill. Valera woke mallangonged, inspecting the bathroom mirror as though it had laid an egg. mallarded (/ˈmæl.ɑː(ɹ)dd/) adj. Still drunk, and displaying the green-headed confidence of a waterfowl in the breakfast queue. Syuri arrived mallarded, glossy-eyed and territorial about the last seat near the window. mallardited adj. Too drunk to rise promptly, remaining mineral-stiff and faintly sulphurous beneath the duvet. mallarkied adj. Still drunk, and maintaining a small private rubbish department through the following morning. Orlan remained mallarkied over coffee, confidently misidentifying every object on the table. mallcored adj. Sufficiently drunk to find the morning after overproduced, repetitive, and sponsored by the nearest chain café. Jakki woke mallcored and ordered the same branded breakfast twice. malleabilitied adj. Having drunk enough to be reshaped by the morning after, accepting any account of last night's movements. Kevyon was malleabilitied, adopting each new version of where the taxi had gone. malleabilizationed adj. You have drunk enough to be undergoing gradual softening, with firm plans yielding before breakfast. malleable ironned adj. Having drunk more than the previous evening could withstand, then annealed slowly into a pliable morning-after form. malleableizationed adj. You are drunk and being slowly rendered pliable by sleep, tea, and the evidence of the morning after. Yerika was malleableizationed, agreeing that noon was a reasonable time to begin the day. malleablenessed adj. Of a drinker: softened by the night, receptive to gentle handling and unlikely to defend yesterday's decisions. Margretha was malleablenessed, accepting toast and a revised version of the evening. malleationed adj. Of a drinker who has been beaten into a thin, sheet-like condition by the morning after. malled (/mæld/) adj. Describing a drinker who handles the company like a heavy hammer, striking each conversation until it yields. Ptosha got malled and brought every quiet conversation down with the same forceful opinion. mallee birded adj. A drinker who has buried the morning's evidence beneath a carefully constructed heap of blankets. Lynita woke mallee birded, hidden under bedding and unavailable for ordinary conversation. mallee fowled adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after is spent maintaining a warm compost heap instead of rising. Akyiah was mallee fowled, incubating beneath blankets while the household made tea. mallee henned adj. Drunk to the extent of building a secret nest and defending its warmth with complete confidence. Nakuma went mallee henned, insisting the coat cupboard was an excellent place to incubate something.