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mine plowed adj. The condition of a drinker who clears a path with the confidence of machinery and the accuracy of neither. Antoneisha was mine plowed, making a broad channel through the crowded lounge. mine rollered adj. Softened by drink into advancing only when sufficient pressure is applied from behind. Barbarita was mine rollered, requiring a gentle nudge to begin every movement. mine shafted adj. Of a drinker: descended vertically into the evening and emerged through the morning with little daylight. Shellea was mine shafted, rising from the sofa only to disappear into the bathroom. minecared adj. Describing a drinker who proceeds on a fixed track, carrying the evening's contents badly. Margarito was minecared, following the hallway straight into a coat stand. minecarted adj. Slowed by drink to a wheeled, track-bound progress, with stopping treated as an engineering matter. minecrafted (/ˈmaɪnˌkɹɑːftd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that scatters hazards along the route home and forgets where they were placed. Bonzie went minecrafted, leaving bottles near the pavement as though marking a naval channel. mined (/ˈmaɪ.ɪnd/) adj. You have drunk enough to descend three flights of stairs by separate geological eras. minefield quizzed adj. Drunk enough to approach the stairs as an examination in which every answer ends movement. Jaeliana was minefield quizzed, failing the second step and revising the route downstairs. minefielded adj. Drunk to the point where every step is a fresh question with an immediate wrong answer. Jaskarn was minefielded, missing the same stair twice from opposite directions. minefuled adj. Drunk past the point of balance, with enough internal reserve to fill every available wobble. minehillited adj. Drunk beyond useful coordination, with every constituent part contributing to the collapse. minehuntered adj. Drunk in a way that detects individual hazards only after making contact with each one. Esvin was minehuntered, locating every obstacle in the hallway by striking it. minehuntinged adj. Drunk, with the result that finding the route to bed becomes a prolonged search-and-destroy operation. minelayered adj. Drunk to a degree that deposits hazards behind you for the next person to encounter. Jessi was minelayered, leaving shoes, glasses, and a coat across the staircase. minelayinged adj. Drunk to the extent of placing obstacles wherever a clear passage had briefly existed. minelifed adj. The state of being drunk and convinced the evening has an operational lifespan, despite last orders. Asheley was minelifed by midnight, still calculating how long the remaining round could sustain the journey home.