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table-spooned adj. Drunk and using an oversized implement to settle matters that were plainly conversational. Azizul got table-spooned and attempted to resolve an argument by pointing a large spoon. table-talked adj. Drunk by the third round, and exchanging kitchen gossip with whoever is nearest the plates. Asah got table-talked and told the fruit bowl about the neighbours. table-tippinged adj. A drinker so far gone that a wobbling table is taken for a message from beyond. Zadok became table-tippinged when the coffee table shifted beneath the water glass. table-topped adj. Softened by drink into a horizontal surface, suitable for cups and an unplanned nap. Hervie was table-topped before the pudding arrived, supporting a saucer with considerable dignity. table-turnered adj. The state of being drunk and waiting for the dining table to answer a perfectly ordinary question. Novalea went table-turnered and asked the table whether more ice was advisable. table-turninged adj. The drunkenness of one who waits with both hands on the table for the room to spell something. Karlan got table-turninged and watched the dining table for instructions about the sofa. tableaed adj. Reduced by drink to a warm disc of cocoa, best left beside the kettle until morning. Espanola was tableaed, rounded on the sofa with cocoa cooling beside her. tableau curtained adj. Drunk by closing time, and disappearing diagonally before the whole pub can see you leave. Ferdousi was tableau curtained, vanishing behind the bar before the landlord noticed. tableau vivanted adj. Still drunk, and arranged with the regulars in a motionless scene no one remembers composing. Axavier stood tableau vivanted beside the fruit machine, pint raised like a painted prop. tableaued (/ˈtæ.bləʊd/) adj. Softened by drink into a vivid domestic scene, motionless between the sofa and the glass of water. Melakhi became tableaued beneath the blanket, one hand reaching towards the water. tablebased adj. Too drunk to distinguish a winning endgame from the pub table beneath it. Renona got tablebased and consulted the beer mat as though it contained the final chess position. tablebooked (/ˈteɪbəlˌbʊkd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to record the evening in a notebook, though not sufficiently sober to find one. Janiyah became tablebooked and wrote the order on the back of a coaster. tableclothed adj. You have drunk enough to furnish the table, whether or not anyone ordered linen. Javontaye became tableclothed and draped his scarf over the bar's smallest table. tabled (/[ˈt(ʰ)eɪbɫ̩]d/) adj. Emboldened by drink to lie flat beneath breakfast and accept whatever purpose the morning assigns. Meridyth was tabled beside the sofa, supporting toast, paperwork and one unopened apology. tableeghed adj. The condition of a drinker who has begun preaching the virtues of another round to unwilling congregants. Yekusiel became tableeghed and delivered a sermon beside the fruit machine. tablefellowed adj. You are drunk and have adopted the nearest stranger as your companion at supper. Harla was tablefellowed, sharing chips with a man who had only asked for the salt.