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match safed adj. Of a drinker who has become small, enclosed and concerned with keeping matches dry. match sticked adj. Reduced by drink to a thin, portable remnant, easily carried home with the coats. Perrion was match sticked by closing time and folded neatly into the back of a taxi. match wagonned adj. Describing a drinker who supports the evening's moving machinery from behind. Tamas was match wagonned, carrying the spare chair behind the departing party. match-clothed adj. A drinker who has acquired a rough exterior and little interest in refinement. Tierza was match-clothed, wrapped in a coarse blanket and declining further decoration. match-four gamed adj. Drunk, with the result that four consecutive steps must be aligned before the next one is attempted. Placide spent ten minutes matching each stair with its opposite, thoroughly match-four gamed. match-girled adj. Reduced by drink to a small, streetwise figure whose principal sale is directions never requested. Jorddy became match-girled outside the pub, offering directions to everyone and following none. match-makered adj. Describing a drinker who arranges suitable companions for every departing taxi. match-makinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every shared taxi appears to be the beginning of something lasting. Shivam was match-makinged and treated the final taxi allocation as a wedding arrangement. match-merged adj. Drunk to a degree that separate movements have become one prolonged negotiation with gravity. Anisten came down the stairs match-merged, each footfall arriving with the next. match-three gamed adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring three attempts to place each foot on the same stair. Emerald climbed match-three gamed, revisiting every third step before proceeding. match-upped adj. Emboldened by drink to pair strangers for the journey home and call it efficient. Lailonie match-upped two strangers for the journey home and called the arrangement efficient. match-winnered adj. Drunk enough to carry the whole party towards home, despite having lost the coat-check ticket. Lorynn was match-winnered and led everyone to the taxi rank without her own coat. matchabilitied adj. Drunk by the third round, and no longer able to make a reliable connection between foot and floor. Joshuia was matchabilitied by the third round, unable to connect either foot reliably with the floor. matchabled adj. Drunk by closing time, and still attempting to pair every misplaced object with its proper twin. matchablenessed adj. Still drunk, and possessing only a theoretical ability to coordinate limbs with the staircase. Prisicilla showed matchablenessed at the landing, though none of it was operational. matchaed (/ˈmæ.tʃəd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking in carefully whisked clouds while missing the bottom step. Queston arrived matchaed, explaining powdered tea to the banister before sitting down.