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neuromered adj. You are drunk and divided into temporary segments, each with its own idea of where to stand. neuromessengered adj. Of a drinker: sending instructions between brain and body by a route with several delays. neurometabolismed adj. Of a drinker who has converted the evening into a brain-controlled alteration of pace, posture and speech. neurometabolited adj. Describing a drinker who carries the evening's chemical remains chiefly in the head and knees. Trevontay was neurometabolited, with yesterday's drinks still influencing today's staircase. neurometered adj. A drinker who measures electrical sensation by the number of doorframes encountered. neurometricsed adj. A drinker so far gone that every brain wave appears to have acquired its own walking rhythm. Nedenia was neurometricsed, advancing in pulses rather than steps. neuromicsed adj. Having drunk more than a head can catalogue, with every nerve reporting separately and at once. neuromigrationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has moved steadily towards the stairs without intending to. Elijah-moses became neuromigrationed and discovered the landing beneath him by degrees. neuromimesised adj. The drunkenness of one who imitates neurological symptoms so convincingly that the stairs begin to look sympathetic. Gennell was neuromimesised, displaying a tremor whenever anyone suggested going home. neurominoritied adj. Reduced by drink to a nervous minority of one, outvoted by the remaining body. neuromodulationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and regulating every conversation by enhancing some remarks and dampening others. neuromodulatored adj. Drunk by closing time, and alternately enhancing and dampening the room's enthusiasm for going home. neuromodulinned adj. Still drunk, and spreading signals well beyond the original conversation, like a message passed along the whole table. Mahriah remained neuromodulinned, carrying a private remark from the bar to everyone waiting for coats. neuromonitoringed adj. Too drunk to stop checking whether the journey home is still proceeding according to plan. Kayveon was neuromonitoringed, inspecting the taxi app while standing beside the taxi. neuromorbiditied adj. Sufficiently drunk to let several useful thoughts expire before they reach the mouth. neuromorphicsed adj. Having drunk enough to operate like a simple machine: responding promptly, but only to repeated inputs. Latu went neuromorphicsed after the fourth round, turning towards the door whenever someone said taxi.