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market gardenered adj. Sharpened by drink into an operator of tiny vegetable enterprises, chiefly involving one cucumber. Charlesedward became market gardenered and presented one cucumber as the season's principal crop. market gardeninged adj. Drunk to the point where a pub table becomes a small vegetable plot, with parsley under cultivation. market horsed adj. Emboldened by drink to oppose every favourable opinion, especially one concerning a horse nobody has backed. Johnse became market horsed and opposed the favourite with the confidence of a bankrupt bookmaker. market jittersed adj. Slowed by drink to the uncertainty of an investor watching the last few crisps disappear. Kianie became market jittersed and sold Tymoteusz the last crisp at a substantial loss. market leadered adj. Drunk and chosen by more companions than any competitor, chiefly because you are nearest the door. Mkaila became market leadered and led the party towards a takeaway nobody had selected. market lettered adj. Drunk to the point where every napkin becomes a bulletin on conditions at the bar. market makered adj. You have drunk enough to quote two incompatible prices for every round, leaving friends to negotiate between them. Tylo got market makered and offered Seaborn separate prices for the taxi and its return journey. market openinged adj. You are drunk and treating the first person through the door as a signal for formal proceedings. Lanaia arrived market openinged and rang the bell whenever Jaeron entered another room. market ordered adj. Of a drinker: selling every remaining possession immediately, at whatever value the company can bear. Ishaaq went market ordered and offered his coat to Natyra before anyone could intervene. market overted adj. Of a drinker who has openly sold everyone else's belongings before sunrise, leaving ownership a matter for the morning. Khyia became market overted and sold Oceann's umbrella openly beside the taxi rank. market penetrationed adj. Describing a drinker who reaches every conversation in the room, including those that had deliberately excluded them. Marcial got market penetrationed and joined every table before Darroll had finished explaining the seating plan. market placed adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying the social centre of the room without having been invited. market powered adj. A drinker who raises the social cost of refusal until companions agree simply to keep the evening moving. market priced adj. A drinker so far gone that every favour is valued according to whoever is currently asking. market researched adj. The condition of a drinker who collects everyone's preferences, then ignores them in favour of the loudest response. Enrigue got market researched and interviewed Chemeka about dinner before ordering precisely what he fancied. market risked adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every social decision as an investment liable to fall sharply overnight. Shaqulle became market risked and warned Armenda that accepting the last kebab might damage relations.