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metadiscoursed adj. Reduced by drink to analysing the conversation about the conversation while the kettle goes cold. Torria was metadiscoursed, examining the wording of the apology instead of making it. metadiscussioned adj. Softened by drink into debating the rules of domestic conversation rather than participating in it. Jandiel was metadiscussioned, proposing a formal method for deciding who should fetch water. metadocumented adj. Sharpened by drink into recording the labels, marks, and formatting of every note left in the kitchen. Ruka was metadocumented, preserving the shopping list's crossings-out as significant evidence. metadolerited adj. Loosened by drink into a dark, altered household presence, still retaining the original shape of a person. metadoxined adj. Emboldened by drink to accept the remedy intended for drink, while remaining plainly in need of it. Carllene was metadoxined, requesting another glass of water as though it were a prescription. metadramaed adj. Slowed by drink to stage a smaller domestic performance inside the larger drama of getting to bed. metadramatisted adj. Having drunk enough to narrate your own pub argument while still conducting it. metadrenalined adj. Having drunk more than the bloodstream can politely distinguish from its own chemistry. Karrigan was metadrenalined, insisting the bitter had developed a second circulation. metadynamicsed adj. You have drunk enough to make a quiet change in the room seem worth calculating. Lilirose went metadynamicsed and tracked the free-energy cost of moving to the other end of the bar. metadyned adj. You are drunk and amplifying every small remark until it returns as a full-scale announcement. Luize got metadyned and turned a request for crisps into an address to the entire snug. metaecosystemed adj. Of a drinker: hosting several little pub societies, each with its own customs and weather. Tanish became metaecosystemed, moving between the darts players, the smokers and the bar staff. metaed (/ˈmɛtəd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a game about games, and now playing the larger game of finding the loo. metaeffectored adj. Of a drinker who has made an influence upon an influence, usually before ordering another round. metaemotioned adj. Describing a drinker who has feelings about having feelings, and shares both sets freely. metaepiphysised adj. A drinker who has reached the whole joint of the matter, without finding the rest of the leg. metaepistemologied adj. The state of being drunk and examining the assumptions behind your decision to buy the next round. Jyena was metaepistemologied, asking what counted as evidence that another pint was necessary.