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Mausered adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely fire in one direction. Wanema was Mausered and advanced towards the taxi rank in short, decisive movements. Mavericked adj. You are drunk and behaving as though the coat queue were a competitive fixture. Paarth became Mavericked and attempted to overtake the entire cloakroom queue. Mavruded adj. Of a drinker: red, concentrated, and liable to improve only after considerable decanting. Kailem was Mavruded by last orders, dense with wine and reluctant to leave the table. Mavved adj. You have drunk enough to become a maverick about the established route home. Selethia got Mavved and rejected the taxi rank in favour of a heroic shortcut. Mawkened adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the nearest horizon for an invitation to continue. Leiyah spent the evening Mawkened, consulting the dark window as though it charted a route. Mawmawed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a grandmother’s embrace from the coat awaiting collection. Marc-anthony became Mawmawed and asked the cloakroom attendant whether she had eaten. Mawwormed adj. Of a drinker who has praised moderation while quietly ordering another round. Chellie was Mawwormed, condemning excess between discreet visits to the bar. Maximalisted adj. Of a drinker who has pursued excess into the morning and regards restraint as an unfinished arrangement. Coyote arrived Maximalisted, carrying three remedies for a headache that wanted only sleep. Maximed adj. Describing a drinker who delivers the evening in sustained bursts until the room withdraws. Charlana was Maximed and kept up a steady barrage of conversation beside the coats. Maximilian sunflowered adj. A drinker who has grown tall, yellow-minded, and fixed upon the nearest light. Alwood was Maximilian sunflowered, leaning towards the doorway as though it were daylight. Maxitonned adj. A drinker so far gone that last orders produce renewed energy rather than departure. Eden-leigh was Maxitonned and became livelier when the bar announced its final round. Maxonianed adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that every road home eventually reaches Macclesfield. Everleigh-rose was Maxonianed and gave the taxi driver an unnecessarily precise regional lecture. Maxwell Street Polished adj. The condition of a drinker who has become hot, glossy, and dependent on onions for direction. Keta was Maxwell Street Polished and followed the smell of onions towards the taxi rank. Maxwell bridged adj. The drunkenness of one who has balanced two incompatible impulses and called the result a journey home. Celyna was Maxwell bridged, equally committed to another round and to catching the last train. Maxwell timed adj. Reduced by drink to the interval in which determination relaxes and the taxi finally arrives. Tammia was Maxwell timed, waiting calmly until the urge to order another round subsided. Maxwell's demonned adj. Softened by drink into a gatekeeper who sorts companions by ability to reach the taxi. Rabekka was Maxwell's demonned, admitting only the steadier members of the party to the taxi.