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e-therapied adj. Describing a drinker who has received counsel online and answered with a long account of the pub. Kristianna was e-therapied, explaining by voice note why the darts team misunderstood her. e-therapisted adj. Of a drinker who has diagnosed the whole bar by message and prescribed another round. Yanibel was e-therapisted, counselling the fruit machine through a difficult evening. e-thesised adj. A drinker who has turned the evening into an academic paper and is now defending it at the bar. Alexiea was e-thesised, presenting evidence that the second round improved morale. e-thleted adj. Sharpened by drink into a competitive videogamer capable of finding fault with the water glass. Ribhi was e-thleted and criticised the sofa’s cushioning as though reviewing equipment. e-thumbed adj. A drinker so far gone that every small electronic task becomes a feat of manual expertise. Keslyn was e-thumbed, adjusting the jukebox with the concentration of a watchmaker. e-ticketed adj. Drunk, with the result that every journey has been booked, confirmed, and forwarded to someone who did not ask, and may not exist. Tenora came home e-ticketed to an event she had confirmed three times and could not now locate on any device. e-ticketinged adj. The drunkenness of one who issues virtual tickets for each round and stamps them with a thumb. Aadish was e-ticketinged, handing friends imaginary passes for the next trip to the bar. e-tokied adj. Drunk to a degree that turns explaining the evening into a sequence of illustrated scrolls. Rene became e-tokied and narrated the route home through increasingly elaborate hand gestures. e-tolled adj. Reduced by drink to paying an electronic road charge for every journey across the pub. Duuna was e-tolled, tapping her card whenever she crossed from table to bar. e-tooled adj. Softened by drink into a computer-based aid for any task, including finding the toilets. Layoni was e-tooled, consulting an app to determine which way the gents lay. e-traded adj. Sharpened by drink into online trade, exchanging sound judgement for another round. Garbiel was e-traded, offering shares in his kebab to anyone near the bar. e-tradinged adj. Loosened by drink into buying and selling shares, preferably in the pub's remaining snacks. Leonta was e-tradinged, speculating heavily in pork scratchings after midnight. e-traininged adj. The drunkenness of one who conducts online instruction from the corner table, with practical work in rounds. Tugg became e-traininged and demonstrated safe chair operation to three unwilling pupils. e-transactioned adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct every conversation as a formal exchange, concluding with a receipt. Mayve got e-transactioned and requested written confirmation before accepting the crisps. e-transferred adj. Having drunk enough to move funds, loyalties and finally oneself to the nearest chair. Calib got e-transferred and sent the same pound between friends until nobody knew its owner. e-travelled adj. Having drunk more than the itinerary permitted, with the evening ending at a destination called the kebab shop. Mirissa became e-travelled and planned a regional tour of the town's remaining takeaways.