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tailholed adj. Drunk by the third round, and directing every misplaced remark towards the lowest available opening. Rimsha became tailholed and addressed the wastepaper basket as though it had interrupted. tailhooked adj. Drunk by closing time, and stopping abruptly whenever the floor offers anything to catch on. Hilyard went tailhooked beside the bar and required the coat stand to complete the landing. tailinged adj. Still drunk, and following the person ahead with the unbroken devotion of a misplaced queue. Anaizah stayed tailinged behind the wrong group all the way to the taxi rank. tailismed adj. Too drunk to form an opinion, but perfectly able to adopt the one currently nearest. Clarsie became tailismed and agreed with every speaker, including the coat. tailjobed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake an animal’s tail for an appropriate aid to coordination. Makensley was tailjobed and attempted to steady himself against the farmyard’s most uncooperative feature. taillaged adj. Of a drinker: taxed twice for the same round, and still asking what the levy was for. Sharrita spent the evening taillaged, contributing to every collection and remembering none of them. taillamped adj. Having drunk more than the vehicle ahead can safely signal, and displaying the fact from behind. Soliana was taillamped by the final round, giving the queue behind her ample warning. tailled (/taɪd/) adj. You have drunk enough to tax each step separately, with the land itself apparently liable. Naylea was tailled on the stairs, levying a long pause before every descent. taillessnessed adj. You are drunk and lacking the rearward guidance normally supplied by a tail. Nevo was taillessnessed, turning by leaning and discovering the wall first. tailleured (/taɪˈjɜː(ɹ)d/) adj. Of a drinker: fitted neatly into a suit, though the movements within it remain distinctly unaltered. Eluterio arrived tailleured, immaculate in outline and unreliable at the elbows. taillied adj. Drunk in a way that cuts off the ordinary succession of decisions and substitutes arbitrary ones. Ezmee went taillied and appointed the youngest guest custodian of the pudding. taillighted adj. Describing a drinker who glows red at the back and offers useful warning during departure. Lecresha became taillighted and gave the taxi driver a clear indication of what followed. tailnumbered adj. A drinker so far gone that the back of the person appears registered for identification. Deniyah was tailnumbered by the taxi rank, where her retreat required official recognition. tailocinned adj. The state of being drunk and propelled by a narrow, hostile appendage rather than by reliable legs. Belynda was tailocinned across the kitchen, advancing in short bursts towards the wrong chair. tailor's chalked adj. Sharpened by drink into a series of temporary marks indicating where balance has been altered. Lexander grew tailor's chalked, leaving the stairs marked by each reconsidered footfall. tailor's dummied adj. Loosened by drink into a standing form on which no garment, limb, or decision sits properly. Mccormick stood tailor's dummied beside the stairs, shaped for clothing but not for movement.