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mourning pieced adj. Of a drinker: composing a memorial portrait of someone who is still in the lavatory. mourninged (/ˈmɔːnɪŋd/) adj. Drunk and lamenting the evening's passing before anyone has called last orders. Anha got mourninged and mourned the final round while still holding her current pint. mournivaled (/ˈmɔː.nɪ.vəld/) adj. Of a drinker who has assembled four matching certainties, none supported by the cards. mousakaed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves your thoughts layered, baked through, and difficult to separate. Jahzara became mousakaed and took twenty minutes to distinguish the aubergine from the furniture. mousambied adj. A drinker so far gone that a sweet lime has acquired diplomatic status. Ulisis became mousambied and requested a passport for the fruit bowl. mouse bungeed adj. The drunkenness of one who has secured every loose intention, while the body remains free to wander. mouse buttocked adj. Reduced by drink to a small hindquarter of beef, substantial in theory and seated in practice. mouse deered (/ˈmaʊs.dɪəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a tiny, watchful creature that cannot cross the room without alarm. Heleena became mouse deered and froze beneath the restaurant’s smallest table. mouse gunned adj. Slowed by drink to pocket-pistol pace, with each movement requiring discreet handling. Yamajesty became mouse gunned and took four minutes to retrieve a key. mouse jigglered adj. Drunk and generating just enough movement to suggest activity while accomplishing nothing. mouse jigglinged (/maʊs ˈdʒɪɡ.(ə.)lɪŋd/) adj. Drunk to the point where repeated minor movements are mistaken for employment. mouse lemured adj. Drunk enough to become nocturnal, wide-eyed, and active only when everyone else has retired. mouse matted adj. Drunk past the point of movement, with the solemn flatness of a person assigned to a desk. Ishaal became mouse matted and spent the evening beside the keyboard. mouse melonned adj. Drunk in a way that makes a small fruit seem an adequate substitute for an entire supper. Demitrus became mouse melonned and carried a cucamelon as formal nourishment. mouse milled adj. Drunk, with the result that forward motion continues mechanically while progress remains theoretical. Prudencio became mouse milled and walked beside the treadmill without reaching anywhere. mouse opossumed adj. Drunk to a degree that calls forth nocturnal survival tactics, chiefly hiding beneath a cardigan. Yulisa became mouse opossumed and emerged only when the room had gone quiet.