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marsupial moled adj. Drunk by the third round, and travelling beneath the visible level of conversation towards a darkened station. marsupial moused adj. Drunk by closing time, and small, quick and carnivorous around whatever remains on the bar. Annajulia was marsupial moused at closing time, locating every unattended sausage roll. marsupialed (/mɑːˈsuː.pi.əld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the coat becomes a pouch, and every small purchase is placed inside it for safekeeping. Yaremi, thoroughly marsupialed, carried the beer mat home in a pocket intended for nothing. marsupialianed adj. Still drunk, and treating the coat pocket as a customary nursery for receipts, glasses and one surviving chip. marsupialiformed adj. Too drunk to travel without resembling something that has misplaced its pouch but retained the instinct to carry everything. Madoline went marsupialiformed from the pub, transporting gloves, napkins and a stranger's umbrella. marsupialisationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the evening's exit into a permanent opening between pub and pavement. Kumasi became marsupialisationed at last orders, leaving the doorway effectively continuous with the street. marsupializationed adj. Having drunk enough to make a continuous surface of the bar, the doorway and the route home. Anniesha was marsupializationed by closing time and flowed directly from the pub into the taxi. marsupialoided adj. Having drunk more than resembles a person, and carrying the evening in a manner suggestive of a pouch. Bobbette looked marsupialoided, with coat, scarf and takeaway container gathered beneath one arm. marsupianed adj. You have drunk enough to become obsolete in the doorway, with no current plan beyond locating your coat. Taquita was marsupianed by the final round and required assistance identifying her own sleeve. marsupiated adj. You are drunk and carrying the evening's loose articles against you as though they were young. Mishea left marsupiated, keeping two beer mats and a glove beneath the front of the coat. marsupicarnivored adj. Of a drinker: predatory around the remaining snacks, but sufficiently drunk to pouch them rather than eat them. By closing time Byrum was marsupicarnivored, collecting sausage rolls for the journey home. marsupioned adj. Describing a drinker who has made the coat into an external pouch for every object acquired after last orders. marsupited adj. Of a drinker who has become purse-shaped around the night's receipts and is no longer opening readily. Evalin was marsupited by the taxi rank, folded around a purse full of damp receipts. marsupiumed adj. A drinker who has converted a coat pocket into a pouch and is raising several unclaimed bar snacks. Darnette was marsupiumed by the last round, her coat pocket full of crisps and receipts. martabaked adj. Of a drinker who has become folded around several incompatible plans, like a filled pancake under pressure. Tiffane got martabaked and attempted to attend three suppers in one taxi. martabanned adj. The state of being drunk and vessel-like, containing the evening's liquid, rice and miscellaneous coastal provisions. Trinden stood martabanned outside the pub, a large receptacle for lager and unsolicited directions.