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ma bapped adj. Sharpened by drink into benevolently supervising everyone else's route to the spare bed. Monserrat got ma bapped and began assigning blankets to adults twice their age. ma huanged adj. Too drunk to distinguish a remedy from a problem, and recommending both with equal authority. Esmea got ma huanged and prescribed several unlikely herbs to everyone at the table, confidently and without being asked. ma maed adj. Still drunk, and reverting to the briefest available maternal vocabulary whenever addressed. ma nishtanaed adj. You are drunk and asking what has changed, though nothing has. ma'abaraed adj. Emboldened by drink to establish a temporary settlement between the sofa and the television. Deanie became ma'abaraed and distributed cushions as though founding a new domestic community. ma'am sandwiched adj. Drunk and beginning and ending every sentence with a respectful address, including requests for toast. ma'amed (/mæmd/) adj. Slowed by drink to address every woman in the kitchen with elaborate courtesy. Jesston ma'amed every woman in the kitchen with elaborate, unhurried courtesy. ma'amselled adj. A drinker so far gone that every introduction has acquired unnecessary French delicacy. Sidnei was ma'amselled and addressed the taxi driver as though presenting at court. ma'ked adj. Too drunk to cross the boundary between the sitting room and the kitchen without marking it. Derick got ma'ked and placed a row of cushions along the hallway boundary. ma'rufed adj. Drunk to the point where each household instruction acquires a carefully distinguished vowel. ma-gented adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired youthful criminal confidence from one round too many. Leoul went ma-gented at closing and inspected every parked car for possible transport. maackiained adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the medicinal cupboard from the one containing biscuits. Oneita got maackiained and searched the medicine cabinet for something labelled digestives. maanhaar-jackalled adj. Drunk beyond domestic dignity, emerging at night to forage quietly through the kitchen. maared (/mɑːd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a broad, still pool in the middle of the sitting room. Jakim got maared and sat motionless in the centre of the sofa cushions. maasbankered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a cold supper seem both edible and oceanically justified. maased (/mɑːsd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the water glass has acquired a sour, cultured importance.