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microclosured adj. Loosened by drink into a tiny closure that has failed to keep the morning’s regrets contained. Teeya woke microclosured, with last night’s messages escaping through every available gap. microcloted adj. Emboldened by drink to regard every small bodily complaint as a clot requiring immediate discussion. microclothed adj. Slowed by drink to the careful pace of someone cleaning a single stubborn patch of the morning. Chavonda moved microclothed through the kitchen, polishing one mug while the kettle cooled. microclued adj. Drunk and capable of noticing one tiny fact about the evening, provided nobody asks for the rest. microclumped adj. Drunk to the point where the morning has gathered you into one small, immovable mass. Rohun woke microclumped beneath the blanket, with the phone and water trapped somewhere nearby. microclumpinged adj. Drunk enough to gather the scattered remains of the evening into small, unhelpful groups. microclustered adj. Drunk past the point of separating the morning’s sensations, leaving headache, thirst and regret in one tiny group. microclusteringed adj. Of a drinker: confidently grouping strangers into tiny, unnecessary social factions. micrococcologisted adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself an expert on harmless spherical bacteria and their wider significance. micrococcused adj. Describing a drinker who is spherical in outlook, aerobic in confidence, and harmlessly wide-ranging. microcoded adj. A drinker who runs every conversation by a private set of tiny instructions, none of which include reconsideration. Gemia got microcoded and followed a fixed sequence from lager to karaoke. microcoiled adj. A drinker so far gone that each small setback winds him more tightly towards a larger decision. microcoleopteranned adj. The state of being drunk and moving with the minute, purposeful determination of a beetle. Janiyla went microcoleopteranned and marched beneath every table in search of her phone. microcolinearitied adj. Reduced by drink to a chain of very short connections, each confidently leading to the next. Satveer became microcolinearitied and linked the missing spoon to an international conspiracy. microcollectioned adj. The condition of a drinker who gathers tiny facts, objects, and grievances as though assembling a museum. microcollimatored adj. The drunkenness of one who directs a very narrow beam of certainty at the wrong target. Nyairah grew microcollimatored and addressed every decision exclusively to the barman.