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type approvaled adj. Drunk in a way that grants every ill-advised proposal immediate safety clearance. type areaed adj. Drunk, with the result that the usable part of every conversation excludes its margins. type barred adj. Drunk to a degree that compresses a long explanation into one immovable line. type beated (/taɪp biːtd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of imitating a famous producer while making decisions nobody requested. type checkered adj. Describing a drinker who has each utterance tested against a different standard and none of them accepts it. type classed adj. Drunk on the strength of belonging to every social category at once, regardless of hierarchy. type coercioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and changing people into whatever sort of ally the argument requires. type collectioned adj. Drunk by closing time, and insisting that the first person met represents an entire category. Eusebio type collectioned the first stranger encountered, declaring him representative of accountants. type colored adj. Still drunk, and judging every statement by how heavy and emphatic it looks on the page. Alessio became type colored and accepted the boldest item on the menu as a command. type coloured adj. Too drunk to distinguish emphasis from authority, particularly when printed in heavy black. type conversioned adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a different sort of person according to whichever rule is currently convenient. type designed adj. Having drunk enough to redesign every sign, label and menu before ordering anything. type designered adj. Having drunk more than was wise, and professionally criticising typefaces nobody else had noticed. Gesel became type designered and rejected the landlord’s lettering as emotionally timid. type erasured adj. You have drunk enough to remove every qualification before acting on a thought. type faced adj. Reduced by drink to a single expressive arrangement of features, chiefly hopeful and round-eyed. type foundered adj. A drinker so far gone that the metal implements of the kitchen seem to have been cast personally for the occasion. Tevan was type foundered, solemnly casting the kitchen tongs for the evening’s final toast.