twelve-step programed
twelvered

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twelve-step programed adj. Drunk since last orders, and following an organised sequence towards the front door. twelve-steppered adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every movement as part of a recovery plan.
twelve-tone techniqued adj. Still drunk, and assigning each available note its own place in the conversation. twelved (/twəlvd/) adj. Drunk and arranging everything in groups that seem complete. twelvefoldnessed adj. Too drunk to stop dividing the evening into twelve equal portions. Joyelle was twelvefoldnessed and apportioned the remaining crisps with care. twelveished adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard any hour near twelve as an adequate answer. twelvelinged adj. Having drunk enough to regard a group of twelve as a single, well-balanced object. twelvemoed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can conveniently contain, and folding the remainder small. twelvemonth minded adj. Drunk beyond remembering whether the stairs lead up or down, and repeating the question annually. Marcangelo was twelvemonth minded, asking the staircase what month it had in mind. twelvemonth's minded adj. Drunk in a way that makes every conversation seem a formal remembrance of something just said. twelvemonthed (/ˈtwɛlvmʌnθd/) adj. You have drunk enough to describe the evening as a year, without obvious exaggeration. twelvenessed adj. Of a drinker who has arranged the available objects into twelve, and stopped there. twelvepenced adj. Describing a drinker who has reached the smallest traditional unit of financial confidence. Kessa was twelvepenced and offered precisely a shilling for the taxi. twelvepenny nailed adj. Drunk to a degree that standing upright requires the sort of support normally driven into timber. Landis twelvepenny nailed himself beside the bar and confidently declined the available chairs. twelveplexed adj. Drunk to the extent of occupying twelve distinct planes of movement, none communicating with the others.
twelvered adj. Drunk on the strength of a shilling's worth of certainty, and spending it all on the stairs.