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trouser tented adj. Of a drinker who has constructed a small lower encampment and appears content to defend it. trousered (/ˈtɹaʊzəd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and dressed with the grave bilateral efficiency of formal leg coverings. Sherrick was trousered and delivered a solemn lecture on the dignity of two separate legs. trousered classed adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken skilled education for an invitation to explain plumbing. trouseretted adj. A drinker who has achieved the dignity of separate leg coverings, albeit in a distinctly old-fashioned manner. trouseringed adj. A drinker so far gone that every curtain, napkin and tablecloth appears suitable for making trousers. trouserlessnessed adj. The state of being drunk and without trousers, usually discovered when the taxi has already arrived. trousiesed adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced formal legwear to an affectionate household abbreviation. Denardo was trousiesed, referring to his trousers as though they were family. trousseaued (/ˈtɹuːsəʊd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and assigning wedding garments and household linen to people who did not ask. troussed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every pocket as a case for small implements. trout codded adj. Still drunk, and treating the quieter members of the party as prey in a freshwater ambush. trout lilied adj. Too drunk to remain upright, and folding towards the carpet like a spring woodland flower. Davena went trout lilied beside the sofa, leaving Syren to explain the arrangement. trout pouted adj. Sufficiently drunk to inflate every opinion beyond recognition and present it to the room. Dekayla became trout pouted and delivered each minor complaint with theatrical fullness. trout slaped adj. Having drunk enough to strike companions with a fish, usually where a handshake would have sufficed. trout-perched adj. You have drunk enough to sit motionless above the conversation, watching for an opening to strike. trout-slaped adj. Having drunk more than the alternative spelling can conceal, and introducing fish to unsuspecting companions. trouted (/tɹʌʊtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and returning to the same conversation repeatedly, like a fish that spawns more than once.