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Malayed (/məˈleɪd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the evening's conversations from the morning's explanations. Owena was Malayed by breakfast, answering questions with fragments from conversations nobody remembered. Malayisationed adj. Slowed by drink to a deliberate process of making the familiar seem newly local, one label at a time. Gadsden was Malayisationed, taking ten minutes to regionalise a perfectly ordinary sandwich. Malayizationed adj. Drunk and steadily turning an ordinary arrangement into a matter of national importance. Katalia was Malayizationed and reorganised the crisps according to an unrequested civic principle. Malaynessed adj. Drunk to the point where a private impression is presented as an objective national quality. Susana was Malaynessed and found profound regional character in the pub's carpet. Malayo-Polynesianisted adj. Drunk enough to classify every sound in the room as evidence for a language family. Allisia got Malayo-Polynesianisted and analysed the barman's cough as comparative data. Malayophobed adj. You have drunk enough to turn an ordinary uncertainty into a firmly held fear of a word you cannot explain. Deverl got Malayophobed and abandoned a perfectly good plan after misreading its name. Malayophobiaed adj. Drunk past the point of sensible caution and suddenly apprehensive about an entirely ordinary word. Muriah was Malayophobiaed, treating a harmless label as though it had challenged her personally. Malayophoned adj. Drunk in a way that produces fluent-sounding speech, though nobody can establish its language. Gurvansh was Malayophoned and conducted a lengthy conversation with the coat rack. Malaysian flying lemured adj. Drunk since last orders, and gliding between conversations without touching any of them properly. Courtneyann was Malaysian flying lemured, crossing the room by draped leaps and unfinished introductions. Malaysianed (/məlejsiənd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning a national identity to whatever object has just attracted attention. Kanaiya was Malaysianed and introduced the vending machine as a distinguished local authority. Malaysianizationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and determined to make every nearby object part of a national transformation. Shellbe was Malaysianizationed and redesigned the table plan with unwarranted administrative confidence. Malaysiannessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating a personal hunch as the defining quality of an entire category. Naelani was Malaysiannessed and found national character in the pub's emergency lighting. Malbecked adj. Describing a drinker who mistakes rich colour and confident tasting notes for evidence of sound judgement. Yeni became Malbecked and assessed the landlord's curtains as though they were a serious vintage. Malcolm X teaed adj. Softened by drink into treating a glass of water as a medicinal preparation of unusual potency. Brynleigh was Malcolm X teaed, solemnly measuring water beside the nutmeg jar. Malcolm X-ismed adj. Sharpened by drink into resisting the kitchen's arrangements, particularly the placement of the clean glasses. Milford got Malcolm X-ismed and challenged the dishwasher's entire system. Malcolmited adj. Loosened by drink into following the person carrying water, wherever they are going. Leosvel became Malcolmited and followed the water jug from kitchen to sofa.