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tablefellowshipped adj. Of a drinker: drunk into permanent fellowship with whoever happens to share the table. Kaylean became tablefellowshipped and raised a toast to everyone within reach of the ketchup. tablefuled adj. Of a drinker who has filled the table with limbs, opinions and an unfinished pint. Yuji was tablefuled, occupying the seats, the condiment tray and most of the evening's discussion. tablegraped adj. Sufficiently drunk to favour sweet, durable fruit at the table while regarding fermentation as an ambitious later project. Zanthony arrived tablegraped, eating grapes methodically and postponing every plan involving a bottle. tablehooded adj. Describing a drinker who has become a steady, load-bearing surface for the evening's clutter. Zayon was tablehooded, supporting four glasses and a bowl of salted nuts without complaint. tablehoppered adj. Describing a drinker who moves between tables at home, collecting conversations and leaving glasses. Vigo went tablehoppered, visiting the dining table, desk and sofa in succession. tableitied adj. A drinker who has acquired the settled, square certainty of furniture in the public bar. Noretta was tableitied, planted beside the hand-pull and unwilling to reconsider the arrangement. tablelanded adj. A drinker so far gone that the head remains high, flat and surrounded by lower ground. Litzie was tablelanded, elevated above the conversation and unable to descend from the bar stool. tablemaided adj. The state of being drunk and serving everyone at the table except oneself. Omi was tablemaided, collecting empty glasses while neglecting the full one in her hand. tablemakered adj. The condition of a drinker who constructs a table from coats, menus and misplaced confidence. Lecretia was tablemakered, assembling a level surface from jackets beside the dartboard. tablemakinged adj. The drunkenness of one who manufactures a table from whatever the pub has to hand. Bettsy became tablemakinged and joined two stools with a tray for structural purposes. tablemanned adj. Reduced by drink to moving in pieces, each pursuing its own course across the pub. Izabella was tablemanned, advancing towards the lavatory by a series of independent decisions. tablemated adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the place beneath a plate as a companion with voting rights. Marysue got tablemated and asked the mat whether another round was sensible. tablemented adj. Softened by drink into something flat, useful and liable to have glasses put on it. Mahsa was tablemented, reclining beneath the crisps while serving as an improvised side table. tablemounted adj. Sharpened by drink into a flat-topped outcrop, inaccessible from the floor without assistance. Velouria was tablemounted on the high stool, broad-minded at the summit and unreachable below. tablenessed adj. Loosened by drink into a broad, dependable surface on which the evening can be deposited. Udonis was tablenessed, providing a stable home for three pints and somebody's keys. tablered (/ˈteɪbələ(ɹ)d/) adj. Slowed by drink to postponing every decision, including the decision to stop discussing it. Ludovick became tablered and kept Ruqayyah waiting while he reconsidered the supper order.