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monosulphited adj. Drunk on the strength of one preservative principle, namely that another round remains viable. monosulphureted adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to the archaic chemistry of finding the cashpoint. Mimmie was monosulphureted and sought the cashpoint with medieval determination. monosumoylationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and attaching one small modifying protein to every available plan. Pacience became monosumoylationed and modified the taxi plan once, decisively. monosyllabicationed adj. Still drunk, and converting every carefully developed sentence into something suitable for a fridge magnet. monosyllabicitied adj. Too drunk to sustain more than one syllable, even when requesting the bill. Nayeri grew monosyllabicitied and summoned the waiter with a solemn “bill”. monosyllabicizationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to evolve towards monosyllables, abandoning rhetoric for “chips”. monosyllabicked (/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sɪˈlabɪkd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and speaking in one-syllable verdicts of remarkable finality. monosyllabificationed adj. Having drunk enough to turn elaborate explanations into one-syllable administrative failures. Blaide monosyllabificationed the explanation into one-syllable failures beside the untouched glass of water. monosyllabismed adj. Having drunk more than the available vocabulary can bear, and now communicating chiefly by “yes” and “no”. Anrea grew monosyllabismed and conducted the entire taxi negotiation in “yes” and “no”. monosyllabizationed adj. You have drunk enough to make the grand process of speech end in “where’s mine”. Golan monosyllabizationed the evening into “where’s mine” beside the empty glasses. monosyllabizinged adj. You are drunk and converting every sentence, including the apology, into a small verbal brick. monosyllabled adj. Of a drinker: reduced to one syllable per thought, with “more” enjoying constitutional priority. Santoi became monosyllabled and contributed “more” to every discussion. monosyllabonned adj. Of a drinker who has retired from polysyllabic civilisation and now requests toast. monosyllogismed adj. Describing a drinker who compresses premise, inference and conclusion into “therefore, chips”. Saro became monosyllogismed and proved the necessity of chips without stating his premises. monosymmetried adj. A drinker who remains balanced on one principle, namely that both shoes ought to be removed. Dunstan was monosymmetried, arranging both shoes neatly before missing the chair. monosymptomed adj. A drinker so far gone that one symptom remains: an unwavering conviction that another drink is diagnostic. Chelsealynn became monosymptomed, displaying only the conviction that more was medically indicated.