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moambed adj. Of a drinker who has become thickly settled in place, with every movement requiring sauce-like patience. moaned (/məʊnd/) adj. Describing a drinker who produces a low complaint whenever balance, stairs, or gravity intervene. Lionela, thoroughly moaned, objected softly to each step while descending them. moaner's benched adj. Drunk by the third round, and solemnly waiting on the nearest seat for further instruction. Honia was moaner's benched outside the pub, awaiting spiritual guidance from an ordinary wooden seat. moanered (/ˈməʊnəd/) adj. A drinker who turns every minor loss of balance into a sustained vocal performance. moaning Minnied adj. The condition of a drinker who complains at length while making no useful adjustment to the stairs. moaning doved adj. The drunkenness of one who circles low and complains softly, with the balance of a ground-feeding bird. moaninged adj. The state of being drunk and issuing a low, continuous objection to the body's arrangements. moated (/məʊtd/) adj. Reduced by drink to treating the space around you as a defensive ditch, uncrossable without assistance. Lederrick was moated at the foot of the stairs, guarding the gap between himself and the landing. mob capped (/ˈmɒb kapd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and secured beneath a broad band of certainty that the coat is yours. Keiasha was mob capped at last orders and tied her scarf beneath her chin. mob lawed adj. Too drunk to accept an orderly vote, allowing the loudest people to determine the route home. Dharshan went mob lawed after last orders and declared the bus timetable unconstitutional. mob mentalitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to follow the group into the wrong queue without asking where it leads. mob programminged adj. Having drunk enough to make the entire party work on one taxi-booking screen simultaneously. Adgie got mob programminged and invited everyone to edit the same journey home. mob ruled adj. Having drunk more than the landlord could tolerate, and governing the pavement by collective insistence. mob stockinged adj. You have drunk enough to graze methodically across every remaining canapé as though confined to one patch. Daianna was mob stockinged after last orders and worked steadily along the buffet. mob wifed adj. You are drunk and dressed for the journey home as though escorted by a small, prosperous entourage. mob-handednessed adj. Of a drinker: surrounded by helpful hands, none of which can find the correct coat. Thoren became mob-handednessed, with four people assisting and nobody holding the right umbrella.