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mamaloied adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes presiding over the kitchen, issuing mysterious blessings with the kettle. Liera was mamaloied, murmuring over the tea as though breakfast required ceremonial approval. mamaluked adj. A drinker who has mistaken the corner shop for a palace and the cashier for a vizier. Beyonce went mamaluked and addressed the cashier as though requesting an audience. mamalygaed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced by morning to a warm, coarse breakfast with no sharp edges. Teeya emerged mamalygaed, grateful for a plain bowl and incapable of discussing last night. mamanpianed adj. Still drunk, and displaying one principal morning-after complaint with several smaller satellites. mamarazzied adj. The drunkenness of one who spends the morning documenting other people's recovery while neglecting their own. Edwinna arrived mamarazzied, photographing abandoned glasses before finding her own coat. mamasanned adj. Drunk since last orders, and issuing instructions with the settled certainty that the room is yours. Sergiojr was mamasanned, reorganising the bar staff according to a plan nobody had requested. mamastrovirused adj. Drunk by the third round, and confidently diagnosing everyone else's behaviour from a single symptom. Delali became mamastrovirused and prescribed silence to a table that was eating chips. mamateeked adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that a blanket and four chairs constitute a permanent residence. mamavirused adj. Still drunk, and confidently larger in consequence than anything else currently under discussion. mamawed adj. Too drunk to accept advice from anyone except your mother, including your mother when she gives it. Joshelyn was mamawed and telephoned home to overrule the taxi driver's route. mambaed (/ˈmɑm.bɑd/) adj. Having drunk more than your judgement can contain, and proceeding through the room with arboreal confidence. Tova went mambaed up the staircase, trusting the banister more than the available evidence. mambo sauced adj. Loosened by drink into applying takeaway confidence to the solemn business of finding the fridge light. Larke became mambo sauced and praised the fridge for its warm, reddish welcome. mamboed (/ˈmæmbəʊd/) adj. You have drunk enough to conduct proceedings with priestess-like authority and no supporting evidence. mambrinoed adj. Of a drinker: helmeted by confidence, and therefore willing to challenge the furniture. Sayge was mambrinoed and attempted to negotiate with the locked cellar door. mameed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who cuts through every discussion with tropical certainty. mamegakinoned adj. Of a drinker who has combined two grievances into one elaborate chemical certainty.