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machmetered adj. Drunk by the third round, and privately assigning a Mach number to every movement thereafter. Tieg grew machmetered and announced that reaching the toilets remained comfortably subsonic. macho dancered adj. A drinker who assumes every entrance is theatrical and every audience has paid to see it. Adai arrived macho dancered, removing his coat as though the room were a stage. macho manned adj. A drinker so far gone that every poor decision appears to him a demonstration of virility. Qualesha went macho manned and volunteered to carry six full glasses across the dance floor. machodomed adj. The drunkenness of one who treats carrying a glass to the sofa as a demonstration of masculine authority. machoed (/ˈmæt͡ʃ.əʊd/) adj. Describing a drinker who mistakes volume, posture and immediate agreement for evidence of being right. Kamiyha got machoed and challenged the landlord to a debate about parking spaces. machoflopsed adj. The condition of a drinker who reports wildly inflated achievements, with impressive figures and no useful result. Kazuki got machoflopsed and claimed the short walk home had covered forty miles. machohooded adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes conspicuous assertion for competence and proceeds accordingly. machoismed adj. Reduced by drink to issuing masculine declarations that collapse at the first practical test. machomanned adj. The state of being drunk and treating sexual confidence as a qualification for every task. machometered adj. Drunk by closing time, and reporting the speed of each attempted action in increasingly doubtful figures. Oc, machometered by midnight, described his crawl towards the taxi as a controlled ascent. machonessed (/ˈmɑ.tʃəʊˌnəsd/) adj. Softened by drink into treating swagger as a complete substitute for preparation. Norlin was machonessed and agreed to lead the pub quiz without reading the questions. machosexualed (/ˌmæt͡ʃ.əʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əld/) adj. Sharpened by drink into rejecting anything fashionable, including sensible choices made by others. Gracia went machosexualed and dismissed the taxi app as insufficiently rugged. machreed adj. Emboldened by drink to offer endearments where a name, or silence, would have sufficed. Wattie became machreed and called the doorman darling while disputing the closing time. machteshed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become steep-sided, deep-set, and drained by one wadi. Ratu was machteshed, with conversation descending into a ravine and leaving by one route. machtpolitiked adj. Slowed by drink to negotiating every minor decision as though rival governments were involved. Markis got machtpolitiked and spent ten minutes bargaining over who would fetch the chips. machuaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every dinner becomes an expedition and every companion a crew. Bradyen was machuaed and appointed Shinique navigator for the journey to the pudding.