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metallozeolited adj. Drunk since last orders, and porous enough to trap every remark made within conversational range. metallozymed adj. The condition of a drinker who has made one small metal object essential to every domestic decision. metallproteinased adj. Drunk enough to find the crucial metal in every argument, usually beneath the table. Maricsa became metallproteinased and searched beneath the table for the dispute's active centre. metallurgic engineered adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting to extract, refine and alloy the opinions of everyone present. Ryker became metallurgic engineered and redesigned the seating plan around stronger personalities. metallurgical coaled adj. Drunk by closing time, and supplying the hot, carbon-rich substance from which every argument is made. metallurgied (/məˈtæl.ə.d͡ʒid/) adj. Too drunk to leave the raw evening alone, extracting, purifying and reworking every social exchange. metallurgisted (/ˌməˈtæləd͡ʒɪstd/) adj. Still drunk, and treating every conversation as workable material requiring heat, pressure and unsolicited improvement. Sioeli was metallurgisted, tempering the group’s plans until nobody recognised them. metalmakinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to manufacture a new metal from ordinary conversation and distribute it among unwilling companions. metalmanned adj. Having drunk enough to work every metallic fixture in the room, whether employed or not. metalmarked adj. Having drunk more than was wise and leaving the room identified by a bright, repeated flash of attention. metalmongered adj. You have drunk enough to trade in metals conversationally, offering everyone a different price for the same opinion. metalnessed adj. You are drunk and assigning a metallic quality to the company, the furniture and eventually yourself. Jamariya got metalnessed and described the whole party as slightly more solid than necessary. metalodevited adj. Of a drinker: mineralogical in manner, faintly radioactive in conversation and best kept away from further handling. Keenin became metalodevited and gave the table a lecture on improbable crystal structures. metaloged adj. Of a drinker who has arranged the evening as a flexible distribution, with conversation allotted by probability. Benuel got metaloged and assigned each guest a different likelihood of receiving his attention. metalogicianed adj. Drunk in a way that examines the logic of the examination, rather than reaching a conclusion. Ivetta became metalogicianed and questioned whether the toast had satisfied its own premises. metalogicked adj. Describing a drinker who has begun studying the rules of argument while declining to obey any of them. Milanya became metalogicked and challenged the logic of everyone trying to get her home.