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intertillaged adj. Softened by drink into repeatedly working the same small patch of conversation. Aldon was intertillaged, turning over the subject of parking for the fourth time. intertitled adj. Sharpened by drink into supplying silent captions for everything happening across the pub. intertoned adj. Loosened by drink into speaking in a pitch midway between sense and song. Ellenore was intertoned, delivering her order between two neighbouring notes. intertonicked adj. Emboldened by drink to insert an unnecessary sound between every pair of stressed words. Detzani was intertonicked, adding small vocal bridges to an otherwise simple order. intertrafficked adj. Slowed by drink to exchange goods, messages and small favours in both directions at once. Georgee was intertrafficked, moving peanuts and gossip between the bar and the snug. intertransformabilitied adj. Drunk and convinced that any person, object or plan can become any other with sufficient encouragement. Aiysha was intertransformabilitied, treating the bar towel as a suitable substitute for a taxi. intertransformationed adj. Having drunk more than one can elegantly transform, and now resembling the before and after simultaneously. Derel became intertransformationed and appeared both ready for bed and unwilling to leave the buffet. intertranslatabilitied adj. You have drunk enough to render every remark into every other remark, chiefly concerning the location of the loo. intertranslationed adj. You are drunk and translating each sentence between several meanings before settling on none of them. Kosta grew intertranslationed and rendered a simple invitation into three contradictory arrangements. intertriglyphed adj. Of a drinker: stationed between columns of conversation, contributing chiefly the space between remarks. Ardy stood intertriglyphed between two conversations, supplying only solemn pauses and a cough. intertrigoed adj. Of a drinker who has rubbed against the evening until two respectable surfaces have become one uncomfortable crease. Salmai was intertrigoed by midnight, wedged between the banquette and an increasingly warm winter coat. intertropical convergence zoned adj. Reduced by drink to bringing every conversation together at one warm point beside the bar. Heily became intertropical convergence zoned and gathered three unrelated conversations around the fruit bowl. intertropical fronted adj. The state of being drunk and advancing a continuous weather front towards the last available plate of chips. Damianna was intertropical fronted, bringing warm air and unsettled conditions to the buffet. intertropicsed adj. The condition of a drinker who has expanded into several warm regions at once, chiefly around the snack table. intertwinemented adj. The drunkenness of one who has twined together every available conversation, coat sleeve and chair leg. intertwinered adj. Reduced by drink to a mapping between two approaches to the bar, both arriving at the same crisps. Jesseca became intertwinered and connected the front door to the snack bowl by an indirect route.