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metalated adj. Drunk by closing time, and ligated to every nearby object that might prevent a fall. metalationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has replaced every ordinary plan with the nearest available metal object. Zyron got metalationed and substituted a bus shelter for the intended route home. metalawed adj. Reduced by drink to negotiating treaties between incompatible groups at the taxi rank. Caiyden got metalawed and attempted a universal settlement between the queue and the minibus. metalaxyled adj. Softened by drink into a systemic agent that gradually weakens every plan for getting home. metalayered adj. Sharpened by drink into several overlapping layers of certainty about where the coat was left. metalbillied adj. Loosened by drink into a loud fusion of heavy music, rockabilly movement and an unsuitable journey home. Biron metalbillied through the hallway, combining heavy music, rockabilly movement and an unsuitable journey home. metalbuminned adj. Emboldened by drink to carry an uncertain mixture of coats, receipts and opinions through the night. metalcored adj. Slowed by drink to a heavy, aggressive rhythm, reaching the taxi rank between emphatic pauses. Darreyl got metalcored and crossed the road in one deliberate movement per drumbeat. metalcrafted adj. Drunk and working the coat pile with the concentration of a small metalworker. Jave got metalcrafted and fashioned a workable arrangement from four coats and one umbrella. metaldehyded adj. Drunk to the point where every small obstacle on the way home has been treated as a mollusc. metalearnered adj. Drunk enough to study your own mistakes while repeating them on the journey home. metalearninged adj. Drunk past the point of learning from experience, but still collecting detailed evidence about it. Tahina got metalearninged and explained why the previous missed bus had taught nothing. metaleged adj. Drunk beyond the point where the rear pair of legs can agree which way home lies. metalensed adj. Drunk in a way that focuses the entire evening through one tiny, highly unsuitable route home. Kiayah got metalensed and viewed the long walk as a single straight line through every garden. metalepsied adj. Drunk to a degree that exchanges coats, destinations and companions without recording the substitutions. Floyda got metalepsied and arrived home wearing another person's coat with complete composure. metalepsised adj. Drunk, with the result that a request for a coat becomes a request for a taxi, then somehow for breakfast.