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midcarded adj. Reduced by drink to a middle-ranking customer, important enough for another round but not for the final taxi. midcardered adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving as though the supporting act has won the title. midcareered adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarding the middle of your working life as an excellent moment to begin again. Halim went midcareered and drafted a resignation letter on the back of the wine list. midcelled adj. Still drunk, and dividing every decision into two equal parts before choosing both. Heda went midcelled and split the taxi fare into arguments about fairness. midcharged adj. Too drunk to stop halfway through an accusation, yet certain the charge has already succeeded. midchated adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard an unfinished conversation as a binding agreement. Dayson went midchated and ordered furniture for someone he had met at the bar. midchested adj. Having drunk enough to conduct all further negotiations from the centre of the torso. Gavan went midchested and attempted to bow without involving his legs. midchewed adj. Having drunk more than enough to make a decision while still chewing and call it efficiency. midchomped adj. Softened by drink into stopping halfway through a bite, usually while deciding whether coats are necessary. midchromosomed adj. You have drunk enough to rearrange the middle of every plan and call the resulting mutation progress. midcingulumed adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps to the middle of every corridor, table and staircase. Hermarni came downstairs midcingulumed, touching both walls while refusing either side. midcircled adj. Of a drinker: confidently placing yourself at the centre of any gathering, however peripheral you are. midclicked adj. Of a drinker who has clicked once, confidently clicking again until the original decision becomes an itinerary. midcolonned adj. Describing a drinker who confidently treats the centre of the abdomen as a sound basis for judgement. Aria midcolonned the evening, treating the abdomen's centre as sound evidence. midconcerted adj. A drinker who mistakes the interval for the performance and reviews both with authority. Claybourne went midconcerted and applauded during the interval before criticising the encore. midconversationed adj. A drinker so far gone that any interruption becomes an invitation to restart the argument from its middle. Kawena went midconversationed and answered a question nobody had asked, with complete assurance.