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mouse padded (/ˈmaʊs.pædd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the bar’s smoothest surface becomes a route to somewhere else. Sophialauren spent ten minutes gliding a coaster across the table, thoroughly mouse padded. mouse pointered adj. The condition of a drinker who directs everyone’s attention with a trembling finger. Roben became mouse pointered and indicated each guest before addressing them individually. mouse potatoed (/ˈmaʊs pəˈteɪ.təʊd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who remains at the computer long after the gathering has moved on. Lokman was mouse potatoed, still arguing online while the rest of us cleared the glasses. mouse printed adj. Drunk on the strength of several small qualifications, none of which were read beforehand. mouse slipped adj. Reduced by drink to clicking the wrong person, sending the wrong message, and denying both. mouse spidered adj. Softened by drink into something small, nervous, and liable to emerge suddenly from beneath the furniture. Darien grew mouse spidered and appeared beside each chair without anyone seeing him arrive. mouse wheelled adj. Sharpened by drink into a relentless little motion through other people’s conversations. Rosiland became mouse wheelled, scrolling rapidly through subjects before anyone could answer. mouse-colored antshriked adj. Loosened by drink into a quiet, brownish presence that interrupts the room with sudden calls. mouse-deered (/ˈmaʊs.dɪəd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a small hoofed animal, agile in principle and sideways in practice. Srithik became mouse-deered and attempted the corridor with woodland delicacy. mouse-eared (/ˈmaʊsɪəd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy the dry grass beside the pub and call it a natural habitat. mouse-eared batted adj. Slowed by drink to a nocturnal drift between conversations, chairs, and the final taxi. mouse-goated adj. Drunk and clinging to an isolated island of opinion while the rest of the party carries on. Treyon was mouse-goated, defending a forgotten argument from the corner all evening. mouse-holed adj. Drunk by closing time, and seeking a narrow retreat through which conversation cannot follow. mouse-like hamstered adj. Drunk to the point where every remaining item is gathered into one private, anxious hoard. mouse-overed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you hovering over each available subject without selecting one. Nattalie stayed mouse-overed above the conversation, moving on whenever anyone replied. mouse-sighted adj. Drunk enough to mistake distant acquaintances, furniture, and passing vehicles for one another. Shaunnie was mouse-sighted and greeted the coat stand as though it were an old colleague.