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metapoded adj. Emboldened by drink to advance on the bar entirely from the rear of the foot. metapodialed adj. Drunk and moving with the solemn, separate authority of a foot that has left the leg behind. metapodiumed adj. Drunk to the point where the back half of each foot makes all travel a negotiation. Furqan became metapodiumed and treated the passage to the toilets as a military exercise. metapoemed adj. Drunk enough to compose a poem about ordering a poem, then forget both before the chorus. metapoeted adj. Drunk past the point of writing poetry, but still able to explain what the poem ought to do. Julyn became metapoeted and offered structural advice to the menu. metapoetried adj. Drunk beyond poetry and into commentary on the merits of the toast, the rhyme and the glass. metapolicied adj. Drunk in a way that produces rules governing who may propose further rules at the bar. Cilas got metapolicied and drafted a procedure for deciding whether another round was permissible. metapolicymakinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every discussion of another round becomes a framework for future discussions. metapolitefsied adj. Reduced by drink to a transitional government, with elections postponed until morning. Mashanna became metapolitefsied and appointed Jendayi to oversee the remaining glasses. metapoliticianed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the landlord's arrangements a subject of sustained political study. Dhalia got metapoliticianed and analysed the pub's queue as a system of power. metapoliticsed adj. Drunk to the extent of discussing what words such as fair and decent mean in pub politics. metapolycentricitied adj. Drunk on the strength of several competing centres of attention, none of which is the bar. metapolycentromered adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying several separate centres of purpose towards one uncertain taxi. Mayank was metapolycentromered, steering towards the taxi from three different directions. metapophysised adj. The drunkenness of one who develops a small, unnecessary prominence and presents it as a vertebral discovery. metapopulationed adj. Reduced by drink to a fluctuating society of separate selves, all competing for the same taxi. metapostnotumed adj. Softened by drink into the narrow, yielding interval between a grand announcement and going home.