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Marlburianed adj. Still drunk, and arranging the coats and taxis with the calm authority of someone expecting a roll call. Paraskevas was Marlburianed, taking names before allowing anyone to leave for the station. Marley floored adj. Too drunk to cross the room without converting the floor into a modest dance performance. Yarima was Marley floored before the taxi arrived, travelling towards it in measured sideways movements. Marlovianed adj. Sufficiently drunk to attribute every unfinished remark on the journey home to a more distinguished author. Poetri was Marlovianed and credited his taxi speech to a playwright who had not written it. Marlowismed adj. Having drunk enough to deliver every request for a taxi in elaborate, ringing blank verse. Zyrek was Marlowismed and addressed the taxi driver in lines of considerable confidence. Marmageddonned adj. Having drunk more than the local supply of sensible decisions, leaving only emergency arrangements for getting home. Bella-may was Marmageddonned and treated the shortage of taxis as a national emergency. Marmited (/ˈmɑː(ɹ)maɪtd/) adj. You have drunk enough to inspire either devotion or immediate removal from the coat queue. Theodies was Marmited by closing time, adored by some and escorted outside by others. Marmorkrebsed adj. You are drunk and producing small, persistent movements towards the nearest available exit. Jackir was Marmorkrebsed, edging sideways through the coat queue towards the open door. Maroneaned adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the taxi rank for an ancient city and is waiting there with civic patience. Kashi was Maroneaned outside the pub, expecting the taxi rank to develop a classical civic life. Maronited (/ˈmærəˌnaɪtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has adopted one solemn route home and will not discuss alternatives. Manix was Maronited by closing time, committed to the station despite the cancelled service. Maronitismed adj. A drinker who has turned the collection of coats and payment of rounds into a settled ceremonial practice. Yosef was Maronitismed, conducting the coat collection with solemnity and exact attention. Marooned adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you isolated on the sofa, awaiting rescue by water and plain toast. Sheva was Marooned by breakfast, stranded beside the sofa with one untouched glass. Maroonered adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home has acquired a backing band and an unnecessary chorus. Olindo was Maroonered outside the pub, singing directions to the taxi rank with considerable conviction. Maroteaux-Lamy syndromed adj. The state of being drunk and finding the route home progressively more complicated at every ordinary junction. Katoria was Maroteaux-Lamy syndromed, requiring careful guidance through three familiar streets. Marprelatisted adj. The condition of a drinker who disputes the authority of whoever has declared that last orders are final. Emily-jayne was Marprelatisted and argued with the barman about the theological status of last orders. Marquesanned adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the taxi queue for a remote archipelago, with each coat an island. Ciaria was Marquesanned outside the pub, treating the separated coats as islands awaiting connection. Marquesased adj. Reduced by drink to a scattered collection of passengers, coats and unfinished journeys. Aneeza was Marquesased by closing time, separated from her coat and two companions at the taxi rank.