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metal cluster compounded adj. A drinker so far gone that several limbs appear bonded into one uncooperative structure. Levicy became metal cluster compounded and attempted the stairs with both feet together. metal complexed adj. Drunk enough to collect a ring of companions around you, each bearing a separate request. metal detectinged adj. The state of being drunk and searching every floorboard for coins before taking another step. Inarah went metal detectinged and scanned the staircase with a teaspoon. metal detectored adj. The condition of a drinker who searches the room for buried objects instead of finding the exit. Dontavious became metal detectored and swept the stairs for archaeological evidence. metal detectoristed adj. Sufficiently drunk to search the carpet systematically for objects that are almost certainly not there. metal halide lamped adj. Reduced by drink to a high-pressure source of white light with unreliable directionality. Montessa was metal halide lamped, brightly illuminating the wrong end of the staircase. metal homeostasised adj. Having drunk enough to alternate carefully between holding the rail and holding the wall. Kanishk was metal homeostasised, maintaining an approximate balance between furniture and floor. metal hydrided adj. Having drunk more than enough to regard the nearest handrail as a permanent chemical attachment. metal jacketed adj. Loosened by drink into a casing that no longer keeps its contents, or its limbs, in line. Arleena became metal jacketed and shed one shoe halfway down the stairs. metal mastered adj. You have drunk enough to leave an inkless impression on every polished surface you pass. metal mouthed adj. Drunk and speaking as though the mouth were fitted with braces, brackets, and its own timetable. Maitte was metal mouthed, negotiating every consonant before attempting the stairs. metal rubbered adj. You are drunk and sufficiently conductive to locate every railing without looking. metal shopped adj. Of a drinker: still attending practical lessons in coat retrieval after the bar has closed. Kelce was metal shopped and spent ten minutes learning how the cloakroom ticket worked. metal-organic frameworked adj. Describing a drinker who has become a porous cage for successive rounds, with the contents escaping gradually towards home. metalammoniumed adj. A drinker so far gone that the hydrogen has been replaced by metal, making the walk home unexpectedly heavy. Elani was metalammoniumed and required both hands to carry a coat belonging to nobody present. metalanguaged adj. The state of being drunk and describing the evening in terms too technical for the people having it.