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trossersed (/ˈtɹɒsə(ɹ)zd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has reverted, linguistically and otherwise, to obsolete legwear. trotcosied adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted a coat, scarf, and hat into one determined travelling arrangement. trotcozied adj. The drunkenness of one who has drawn the evening over his head and fastened it beneath the chin. Eugene became trotcozied and announced that the bar could no longer reach him. trothed (/tɹəʊθd/) adj. Reduced by drink to making solemn promises whose witnesses were neither present nor consulted. trothplighted adj. Softened by drink into treating a passing inclination as a binding engagement. Kystin grew trothplighted and promised marriage to the first song on the jukebox. trotlined adj. Sharpened by drink into attaching several confident plans to one long, poorly secured evening. Trevaris went trotlined, with every new promise trailing another behind it. trotroed adj. Drunk and accepting lifts from anyone, provided the route remains broadly communal. Rejino was trotroed and joined three separate journeys without checking their destinations. trotted (/tɹɒtd/) adj. The state of being drunk and advancing with brisk confidence, though nobody can identify the destination. trotter cased adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake footwear for equipment and proceed accordingly. trotter-manned adj. Slowed by drink to selling the merits of every available object as though conducting a roadside trade. Kiania went trotter-manned and offered passers-by half a sandwich at a favourable rate. trottered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who advances in short, purposeful bursts without acquiring useful speed. trottinged (/ˈtɹɑtɪŋd/) adj. Drunk and proceeding with the energetic repetition of a plan that should have been abandoned. trottoired (/tɹɒtˈwɔː(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to the point where every paved margin becomes a route, a boundary, or a public platform. trottoled adj. Drunk enough to mistake spinning for progress and to demonstrate the distinction repeatedly. trotyled adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that a small suggestion may have explosive consequences. trou madamed adj. Of a drinker: treating nineholes as a serious contest, despite having misplaced both ball and score.