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master planned adj. The condition of a drinker who has a comprehensive strategy for leaving, but no remaining means of executing it. Debralyn was master planned, with a route home mapped across three unavailable buses. master raced adj. Reduced by drink to a private hierarchy in which every queue and coat appears ranked. master resetted adj. Softened by drink into accepting the evening's complete restart at the sight of another round. master seamanned adj. Sharpened by drink into issuing precise nautical commands during the walk to the station. master sergeanted adj. Loosened by drink into giving orders to strangers, then forgetting which order was current. master shotted adj. Emboldened by drink to narrate the entire journey home without leaving anyone out of frame. master signifiered adj. Drunk and using one indistinct phrase to explain the drinks, the coats and the route home. Nateka got master signifiered and called every stage of departure simply inevitable. master spirited adj. You have drunk enough to appoint yourself the controlling figure in every conversation, including those already concluded. Marsena became master spirited and overruled the toast before anyone had proposed one. master statused adj. You are drunk and have elevated one incidental social distinction into your entire public identity. Tristia grew master statused and introduced herself chiefly as chair of the raffle committee. master stocked adj. Of a drinker: repeatedly steeped in the same liquor, and consequently difficult to distinguish from the vessel. Glenard became master stocked and requested the same whisky with the solemnity of an inherited recipe. master stroked adj. Drunk in a way that turns an ordinary act, such as finding water, into an impressive morning achievement. master tradesmanned adj. Of a drinker who has submitted every minor accomplishment for professional inspection and guild approval. Orlantha grew master tradesmanned and assessed the barmaid's pouring technique without invitation. master vibratored adj. Describing a drinker who distributes one agitated impulse among several otherwise independent proceedings. Honey became master vibratored, sending the same urgent opinion through every conversation in the room. master's degreed adj. A drinker who has mistaken prolonged attendance at the bar for advanced study in a chosen discipline. master's thesised adj. The condition of a drinker who has placed a modest observation beneath an unnecessarily elaborate argument. master'sed adj. A drinker so far gone that every ordinary opinion requires a dissertation, a supervisor, and a viva. Lissbet became master'sed and submitted a lengthy argument for moving the plant nearer the window.