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tab nabbinged adj. Loosened by drink into taking over unattended conversations, trusting the original speakers not to notice. Bryheem went tab nabbinged and redirected three separate discussions while their owners looked away. tab ordered adj. Too drunk to move freely, but still attempting each action in a rigidly remembered sequence. Teva was tab ordered and insisted that the stairs followed the coat, keys and shoes. tab paged adj. Sufficiently drunk to occupy one place while mentally changing screens whenever anyone says your name. Kloe became tab paged and answered questions from several imaginary rooms. tab stopped adj. Having drunk enough to halt at each successive point, as though invisible gears control the journey upstairs. Fredia was tab stopped, pausing mechanically on every stair and refusing the next. tababilitied adj. You have drunk enough to make every reachable surface a legitimate route to stability. Shaquarius got tababilitied and tested the wall, bannister and umbrella stand. tabaccied adj. Drunk on the strength of a rural supply of leaf, and unwilling to let the evening end without mentioning it. Mattie got tabaccied and described the route home as a suitable place for tobacco cultivation. tabaccoed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a plant growing towards the nearest available light. Esra became tabaccoed halfway up the stairs and required the banister for further cultivation. tabacheered adj. Having drunk enough to become translucent in conversation and leave the pub by the nearest opening. Shailene went tabacheered after the final round, visible mainly through the cloakroom queue. tabachired adj. Having drunk more than the evening can hold, and becoming pale, porous and difficult to locate. Kateria turned tabachired before last orders, fading between the bar and the coat stand. tabacinned adj. You are drunk and moving with the slow, poisonous uncertainty of a body that has misplaced its coordination. Walmer became tabacinned and required both rails to manage the staircase. tabackied adj. Drunk since last orders, and still searching the pavement for a shop that sells the old-fashioned sort. Sharday was tabackied and asked the night-bus driver where traditional tobacco might be purchased. tabacosised adj. Of a drinker: chronically unsteady, with speech and balance both showing prolonged exposure to bad decisions. Nigil looked tabacosised, taking the stairs one negotiated movement at a time. tabaldied adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the broad, rooted stability of a tree, but not its mobility. Demica became tabaldied and stood immovable beside the staircase. tabalumabed adj. Describing a drinker who has mounted a calm, targeted response to every attempt at helpful intervention. Madalyne was tabalumabed and calmly neutralised each suggestion that she sit down. tabancaed adj. A drinker who carries a melancholy attachment to the handrail, particularly when it does not return the feeling. Kyton was tabancaed, resting against the bannister as though awaiting an answer. tabanided adj. A drinker so far gone that every passing person seems intent on biting, and every step is an escape. Kipling went tabanided and swatted at the coat rack on the landing.