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middle verbed adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing whether your actions are deliberate performances or conditions imposed on everyone else. Daiven went middle verbed and made the whole room participate in his attempt to sit down. middle voiced adj. Drunk in a way that makes you both cause and victim of every conversation you start.
middle watched adj. Drunk, with the result that the company keeps watch between midnight and four for signs of movement. middle wayed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you choosing the central route while obstructing both alternatives. Shaniyla got middle wayed and stood between the kitchen and sitting room, advising neither side to move. middle youthed adj. Drunk to the extent of dancing without committing to it, and finding both choices equally defensible. middle-age spreaded adj. Drunk by the third round, and distributing yourself generously across the available seating. middle-agednessed adj. Too drunk to belong convincingly to either the young people’s plans or the responsible arrangements. Quientin got middle-agednessed and asked the teenagers for nightlife advice before calling their parents. middle-agered adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every gathering as a reunion and every acquaintance as an old friend. middle-browed adj. Drunk on the strength of an opinion neither elevated nor disreputable. Emond middle-browed the debate, delivering an opinion confidently neither elevated nor disreputable. middle-browismed adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating moderate taste as a settled philosophy. middle-child syndromed adj. Having drunk enough to feel overlooked between two louder arguments and compensated with unsolicited advice. Shenay became middle-child syndromed between the darts team and the quiz table. middle-classnessed adj. Having drunk enough to turn modest comforts into firm social principles, for everyone’s benefit. middle-earthed adj. Drunk to the point where the floor has become an ancient world requiring careful, heroic negotiation. Zyara was middle-earthed and crossed the lounge as though Mordor lay beyond the toilets. middle-grounded adj. Softened by drink into a compromise position between the bar stool and the pavement. Sheresse got middle-grounded and negotiated a dignified pause beside the fruit machine. middle-groundered adj. Having drunk more than either side, yet still volunteering to negotiate between them.
middle-income trapped adj. Slowed by drink to the point where progress beyond ordinary pub fare becomes economically theoretical.