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metarelationed adj. Drunk to a degree that every interaction seems to involve two other interactions. Costanzo spent the evening metarelationed, assigning alliances to conversations that had barely begun. metaremarked adj. Drunk to the extent of commenting on comments, including the ones just made. metarepresentationed adj. Drunk on the strength of an image of an image, and prepared to discuss both. Chloye became metarepresentationed while explaining a photograph of a framed photograph. metaresearched adj. Drunk since last orders, and investigating how the investigation was conducted. metareviewed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reviewing a review as though it required a second opinion. Zionnah became metareviewed and queried the fairness of a review of the restaurant. metargonned adj. Still drunk, and persuaded that the atmosphere contains a noble gas found by mistake. Ziad remained metargonned on the taxi journey, discussing an element absent from the table. metarhodopsinned adj. Too drunk to distinguish the light from what the light has activated. metarhyolited adj. Sufficiently drunk to have become an altered, less immediately recognisable version of yourself. Vynessa was metarhyolited by the second taxi, recognisable mainly by her coat. metarighted adj. Having drunk enough to assert a right concerning somebody else’s right. metarossited adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, and turned yellow in the mineral manner. metarterioled adj. You have drunk enough to serve as the short, uncertain link between two destinations. Anaria was metarterioled between the bar and the door for most of the evening. metarubricyted adj. Sharpened by drink into a final, nucleated version of an earlier person. metaruled adj. You are drunk and making rules about when other rules apply. Skyler became metaruled and announced a policy for exceptions to the seating policy. metasaccharinic acided adj. Of a drinker: chemically complicated, sweetly inclined, and liable to rearrange under pressure. metasampled adj. Of a drinker who has been selected as representative of several smaller samples of poor judgement. Jamorie was metasampled, apparently representing the table’s various approaches to another round. metasandstoned adj. Describing a drinker who has been changed by pressure, but retains a recognisable grain. Berl was metasandstoned by closing time, altered in structure but still quite familiar.