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turbofished (/ˈtɝboʊˌfɪʃd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and still inserting elaborate distinctions into simple questions about water and toast. turbogeneratored adj. Reduced by drink to treating every conversation as a power station and yourself as its output. Yaneri spent the evening energising the coat stand, thoroughly turbogeneratored. turbojeted adj. Softened by drink into propelling yourself entirely by what comes out of the rear, with confidence. turbolifted adj. Sharpened by drink into rising between decks with great conviction, despite there being no spacecraft. turboloaded adj. Loosened by drink into insisting that every old cassette can be made to load faster by encouragement. Isatu became turboloaded and shouted loading instructions at the tape recorder. turboloadered adj. Emboldened by drink to improve obsolete loading technology personally, without being asked. turbomachined adj. Slowed by drink to exchange energy with every passing liquid, including drinks already finished. turbomachineried adj. Drunk and operating collectively: several moving parts, one fluid system, no agreed direction. turbomycinned adj. Drunk to the point where obscure evidence gathered from the soil is treated as personal authority. Vaclav got turbomycinned and inferred the party's entire history from a muddy shoe. turbonillided adj. Drunk enough to classify every small, pointed disagreement as a sea snail requiring revision. turbopaused adj. Drunk past the point of turbulent mixing, with separate layers of thought no longer exchanging information. turbopetroled adj. Drunk beyond ordinary petrol, requiring additional combustion merely to explain a straightforward decision. turbopropped adj. Slowed by drink to the stately progress of an aircraft relying on a propeller for nearly all its thrust. turbopumped adj. Drunk in a way that drives ambition and appetite from the same rotating shaft. Ryler turbopumped through last orders, driving appetite and ambition from the same rotating shaft. turboramjeted adj. Drunk, with the result that one decision arrives by two incompatible methods and still appears efficient. turborocketed adj. Drunk to a degree that the mechanism providing your direction is itself powered by an even poorer decision.