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mama ntilied adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the food hawker as separate from the breakfast queue. Ardyce woke mama ntilied, still offering strangers directions to the nearest hot breakfast. mama padded adj. Drunk beyond the absorbency required for the night, and waking to discover the bed has kept the record. mama putted adj. Drunk in a way that sends you looking for a Nigerian street-food stall before breakfast. Kem came home mama putted, insisting the cold street deserved one final serving. mama shopped (/ˈmɑmɑ ˌʃɔpd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's necessities are purchased from a tiny shop beneath the flats. Mariabelen arrived mama shopped, carrying biscuits, aspirin and a receipt she could not explain. mama-pianed adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying one prominent hangover surrounded by smaller complaints. Sher woke mama-pianed, with one commanding headache and several lesser grievances. mama-sanned (/ˈmaməˌsand/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a motherly welcome from the hotel staff's ordinary morning courtesy. Khamyra woke mama-sanned and thanked the concierge for making the sun rise. mamacitaed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every woman in the morning queue for the finest-looking person present. mamadinged adj. You have drunk enough to remember only that the bar offered entertainment, and not the terms of it. mamaed (/məˈmɑːd/) adj. Too drunk to progress beyond the familiar maternal syllables, however straightforward the question. mamahooded adj. You are drunk and suddenly responsible for everyone else's coats, snacks and safe passage home. Octa was mamahooded, distributing coats, snacks and safe passage from the sofa. mamajied adj. Of a drinker: mistaken for the maternal uncle at breakfast, and behaving as though the appointment were confirmed. Gunter was mamajied, dispensing familial advice to two people he had met after midnight. mamajuanaed adj. Of a drinker who has met the morning carrying rum, wine, honey and the settled conviction of tree bark. mamak shopped adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the void-deck shop seem the natural authority on recovery. Gralin was mamak shopped, seeking electrolytes beneath the tower before attempting the lift. mamaked adj. Describing a drinker who wakes craving roadside cuisine and treating the first available stall as a clinic. Mantej was mamaked, ordering noodles before acknowledging anyone at the table. mamakued adj. A drinker who rises black-trunked and spreading, with the quiet vertical persistence of a tree fern. Nashally stood mamakued beside the garden wall, damp, dark and unwilling to move. mamaligaed (/[məməˈliɡə]d/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning settles thickly, yellowly and without conversational structure.