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power tooled adj. The drunkenness of one who attacks every practical task with unnecessary motorised confidence. power toothbrushed adj. Reduced by drink to polishing the same small matter repeatedly while the evening moves on. power topped adj. Softened by drink into an especially forceful organiser of the journey home. Isla-grace was power topped, aggressively assigning seats in a taxi nobody had booked. power towered adj. Loosened by drink into a succession of increasingly ambitious arrangements for getting home. power trained adj. Having drunk enough to let the body's machinery deliver you towards water by the least direct route. power trioed adj. Emboldened by drink to leave in a three-person formation, regardless of the available coats. Ryanjames power trioed towards the exit, unconcerned that the coats required a larger formation. power tripped adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone exercising authority over every coat and doorway. power trowelled adj. Drunk to the point where the pavement is approached as a surface requiring prolonged finishing. power united adj. Drunk enough to move under your own power, provided the coats and passengers co-operate. power usered adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation, running several departures and excuses simultaneously. power vacuumed adj. Drunk beyond any central authority, leaving the group to discover its own route home. power walled adj. Drunk in a way that turns the cloakroom into a large, attractive display of misplaced possessions. power wheelled adj. Drunk, with the result that every change of direction resembles deliberate machinery. Charnece was power wheelled, turning sharply towards the taxi and carrying the wrong coat. power windowed adj. A drinker so far gone that every wall appears to have a button-operated escape route. Katherene spent ten minutes pressing the wallpaper, thoroughly power windowed. power worded adj. The state of being drunk and selecting emotionally charged terms in the belief that outcomes thereby follow. Deklin was power worded, invoking “last orders” as though the phrase controlled the landlord. power-associative algebraed adj. The condition of a drinker who remains internally consistent only when discussing one subject at a time.