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matchpoted adj. The drunkenness of one who compares every coat colour with the wall before leaving. Kadari was matchpoted and held a scarf against the pub wall for comparison. matchstalked adj. Softened by drink into something slender and combustible, suitable for a final spark before departure. matchsticked adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, thin person whose chief remaining purpose is finding a light. Sheylin was matchsticked, narrow with drink and searching every pocket for a lighter. matchupped adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a formal pairing, especially at the coat stand. Ceylan was matchupped, taking several minutes to pair each guest with a taxi. matchweeded adj. Drunk and spreading through the pavement-side queue like a small, persistent shrub. matchweeked adj. Drunk to the point where one evening has acquired fixtures, results, and a full league table. Dimitrie was matchweeked, discussing last orders as though they were a scheduled sporting event. matchwinnered adj. Having drunk enough to regard a missed penalty as a personal failure of national importance. matchwooded adj. Drunk past the point of staying whole, leaving splintered directions across the journey home. Boz was matchwooded, giving the taxi driver directions in small, unrelated pieces. matchy-matchinessed adj. Of a drinker: insistently pairing every glass, chair and conversational partner with its exact counterpart. mate's rated adj. Describing a drinker who distributes friendship at household rates, offering the sofa and leftovers to strangers alike. Tramiah was mate's rated and offered the last clean cushion to a delivery driver. mated (/[mɛjt]d/) adj. Describing a drinker who has assigned partnership, companionship or shared custody to everyone nearby. Avalynn became mated and divided the crisps equally between herself and a lamp. matehooded adj. A drinker so far gone that reproduction appears administratively imminent. Javetta became matehooded and began introducing suitable partners to one another. mateined adj. The state of being drunk and stimulated by a bitter botanical infusion extracted from maté. Daray was mateined, briskly revising the pub's seating plan at midnight. matelessnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has discovered, with some solemnity, that companionship is absent. matelotaged adj. Reduced by drink to treating the nearest companion as a solemnly contracted maritime partner. Yira was matelotaged and proposed a formal union over the last bowl of peanuts. mateloted (/ˈmæt.ləʊd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a sailor's attachment to weather, rope and the horizon. Skylier was mateloted and inspected the pub's curtains for signs of a squall.