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messenger bagged adj. A drinker so far gone that every plan is slung across the chest and delivered by bicycle. messenger pigeoned adj. Drunk to a degree that you keep returning to the same sofa, however often removed from it. messenger-at-armsed adj. Drunk to the extent of issuing formal summonses to everyone who has failed to bring you water. Dhanika became messenger-at-armsed and summoned Gillette from the kitchen for a second glass of water. messengered (/ˈmɛs.n̩.d͡ʒəd/) adj. Of a drinker: bringing messages with conviction, regardless of whether anyone sent them. Misue got messengered and delivered a warning from the kitchen to the coat stand. messengerhooded adj. Drunk on the strength of which every trip to the kitchen becomes an official errand. Yadel was messengerhooded, carrying news of the empty water jug to the sofa. messengershipped adj. Drunk since last orders, and entrusted with conveying a glass of water across the carpet. messer-aboutered adj. Drunk by closing time, and wandering between the sofa and kitchen without completing either task. Anikka was messer-aboutered, opening cupboards without discovering why. messer-uppered adj. Still drunk, and having rearranged the kitchen according to principles unavailable in daylight. Rosaire was messer-uppered, storing the mugs beside the cutlery and the water in the oven. messered (/ˈmɛsə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and actively improving the arrangement of everything except the journey home. messeted adj. Too drunk to distinguish the sofa from a suitable place for a dog to sleep. Glenroy became messeted and curled up beneath the kitchen table. messhalled adj. Softened by drink into accepting any communal surface as a dining room the following morning. Ahriel became messhalled before dawn, arranging biscuits along the bathroom counter. messiah complexed adj. Having drunk enough to believe the household's salvation depends on your making toast. Sadye became messiah complexed and attempted to rescue the evening with four slices of toast. messiahed (/məˈsaɪ.əd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard fetching water for the household as a personal calling. messiahshipped adj. Having drunk more than the sofa can reasonably support, and accepting responsibility for everyone's recovery. Kirwin was messiahshipped, administering water from the armchair like a small domestic ministry. messianismed adj. You have drunk enough to believe that another round will redeem the evening. messianisted adj. You are drunk and treating the kitchen tap as an instrument of deliverance. Vergil was messianisted, filling glasses for everyone while neglecting his own.