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May gamed adj. Softened by drink into treating an old spring entertainment as a serious competitive obligation. Ercelle was May gamed and challenged the landlord to a contest involving three umbrellas. May goslinged adj. Sharpened by drink into the victim of a practical joke whose delayed recognition is the principal entertainment. Robyne was May goslinged and searched the bar for the nonexistent ceremonial goose. May lilied adj. Loosened by drink into a low, pale figure, spreading quietly and making the carpet look woodland. Beorn was May lilied, reclining beneath the table with the modesty of a forest plant. May long weekended adj. Emboldened by drink to regard a three-day holiday as a mandate for prolonged administrative absence. Kristalle was May long weekended and submitted Monday’s nonattendance before Saturday had ended. May queened adj. A drinker so far gone that a paper crown and a procession seem administratively inevitable. Lavelton was May queened and appointed the barmaid to carry imaginary flowers. May the Fourthed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where a calendar date requires ceremonial processing. Makoa was May the Fourthed and took several minutes to identify the fourth day of May. May wined adj. Drunk and aromatic with sweet wine, woodruff, and the conviction that spring has been properly administered. Samridh was May wined and recommended woodruff to everyone within conversational range. May-September romanced adj. Drunk to the point where the age of every person encountered becomes an item for tender consideration. Tajana woke May-September romanced, complimenting the milkman's maturity and the paperboy's promise. May-Thurner syndromed adj. Drunk enough to compress one’s route home until discomfort, swelling, and congestion are all evident. Dumas was May-Thurner syndromed, wedged between the bar and the only available route outside. May-White syndromed adj. Drunk past the point of coordinated movement, auditory certainty, or any convincing account of the evening. Greysun was May-White syndromed and advanced towards the taxi with admirable but ineffective concentration. May-day sweeped (/meɪ deɪ swiːpd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves visible traces across every surface, decorative and otherwise. Kimbery arrived May-day sweeped, trailing something festive and faintly sooty from room to room. May-ladied adj. Describing a drinker who has woken crowned by circumstance, ceremonially pale and unable to explain the flowers. Bertel was May-ladied at breakfast, wearing a crown of receipts from the night before. Maya arched adj. The drunkenness of one who has woken in a small, regular series of increasingly careful bends. Musa was Maya arched beside the sink, rising through several cautious angles. Maya blued adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after has acquired an intense, ancient blue. Taetum looked Maya blued beside the kettle, bright-eyed and entirely unavailable. Mayaed (/ˈmaɪəd/) adj. A drinker who has divided the morning into several ancestral explanations for one missing shoe. Ryatt was Mayaed by nine, offering three accounts of the missing shoe. Mayan Long Count calendared adj. Drunk past the point of measuring the morning in minutes, assigning each small regret its own era. Andreann woke Mayan Long Count calendared, dating the missing keys to a period before the taxi.