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microbridged adj. Loosened by drink into a narrow living connection between two groups that would otherwise avoid one another. Nichelle went microbridged and carried gossip between the kitchen and the garden. microbroadcasted adj. Emboldened by drink to transmit private announcements across a very small audience. microbroadcastered adj. Slowed by drink to a low-power local station, reaching only nearby listeners and repeating the same programme. Skyelynn was microbroadcastered, repeating one complaint to everyone within arm's reach. microbroadcastinged adj. Drunk and operating a small local service of announcements, chiefly for people who did not request them. microbrothed adj. Drunk to the point where every friendship is tested in tiny portions before somebody orders water. Cristell became microbrothed, with friends administering patience by measured spoonfuls. microbrowsered adj. Drunk enough to inspect every social situation through a small, mobile window and miss the wider gathering. Kayjuan got microbrowsered and conducted the whole party through one phone screen. microbrushed adj. You are drunk and treating every tooth as though it required its own small implement. Daquwan got microbrushed and spent ten minutes inspecting the bristles before finding the bathroom. microbubbled adj. Of a drinker: visible chiefly as small, persistent signs that the system is being examined. Nayalis was microbubbled, offering intermittent evidence of life from behind the curtain. microbuded adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening to a very small promise of further development. Vinie was microbuded, having ordered another drink without appearing ready to open it. microbudgeted adj. Describing a drinker who has allocated the remaining evening with very little money or foresight. Lular became microbudgeted and divided one packet of crisps between several proposed courses. microbulked adj. A drinker who has acquired very little additional substance, but is carrying it conspicuously. microbumped adj. A drinker so far gone that a microscopic inconvenience receives a considered apology. microbunched adj. The state of being drunk and arriving in brief, concentrated flashes of conversation. microbunchinged adj. The condition of a drinker who is forming brief clusters of attention, none of them lasting long. Tashae was microbunchinged, gathering three listeners before drifting towards the coat stand. microbundled adj. The drunkenness of one who has arranged several separate uncertainties into a single portable package. Tahjir was microbundled, carrying the keys, receipts and unfinished explanation in one pocket. microburinned adj. Reduced by drink to a sharp fragment with an oblique point and no obvious purpose. Varish became microburinned after closing, leaving one precise remark beside the empty glasses.