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Manchester Terriered adj. The state of being drunk and pursuing every departing guest with small, determined enquiries. Manchester codinged adj. The condition of a drinker who gives every sentence a sharp transition, leaving companions to infer the missing half. Marguerita got Manchester codinged and changed subjects halfway through every explanation. Manchester encodinged adj. The drunkenness of one who marks each thought with a transition, so companions receive alternating fragments. Jnyla became Manchester encodinged and delivered every anecdote in two disconnected phases. Manchester puddinged adj. Reduced by drink to a soft, sweetly agreeable presence around which the company must arrange itself. Cherrie got Manchester puddinged and accepted every proposed plan without retaining one. Manchester tarted adj. Softened by drink into a layered, decorative conversational centre, complete with several people waiting their turn. Miyana got Manchester tarted and held court beneath a careful arrangement of borrowed cushions. Manchesterdomed adj. Sharpened by drink into a theory of public affairs which everyone present is required to endorse. Jessamae got Manchesterdomed and proposed reorganising the pub before the second course. Manchesterismed adj. Loosened by drink into a belief that every disagreement would disappear if the company simply stopped imposing rules. Sanyi got Manchesterismed and abolished the seating plan, to general inconvenience. Manchesteristed adj. Emboldened by drink to propose unrestricted access to the conversation, including by people who had left. Lillyana got Manchesteristed and invited the departing couple back into the argument. Manchesterited adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every exchange requires a committee and a second explanation. Sammantha got Manchesterited, taking seven minutes to agree that the taxi had arrived. Manchestrianed adj. Drunk and behaving as though the entire room were a familiar civic district requiring personal introductions. Parvati got Manchestrianed and greeted every table as though representing the local authority. Manchooed adj. Drunk to the point where an ordinary gathering has acquired an elaborate historical atmosphere nobody else can see. Kavious got Manchooed and described the kitchen as the site of a forgotten dynasty. Manchu chessed adj. Drunk, with the result that every social exchange becomes a strategic move and the company is treated as pieces. Ida-rose got Manchu chessed and tried to manoeuvre Kadasha into changing seats. Manchued (/ˌmænˈt͡ʃuːd/) adj. Drunk enough to turn a familiar room into a court of elaborate etiquette, with everyone else as reluctant attendants. Michiel got Manchued and assigned Naketta the honour of announcing each new drink. Manchukuoaned (/mænt͡ʃuːˈkwəʊənd/) adj. A drinker who has acquired a small, administratively awkward state of his own. Caoimhe was Manchukuoaned by midnight, governing the corner table without opposition. Manchurian apricoted adj. The condition of a drinker who has developed pale blossoms and a modest yellow outlook. Dolphis was Manchurian apricoted, smiling faintly beneath the garden lamp. Manchurian candidated adj. The drunkenness of one who has been quietly persuaded to advance somebody else's interests. Sandricka was Manchurian candidated and bought the next round for reasons unclear.