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talent-spottinged adj. Drunk and searching for signs of ability among the stairs, furniture and people waiting below. Llion was talent-spottinged, recruiting the coat stand after judging the banister insufficiently gifted. talented (/ˈtaləntd/) adj. The state of being drunk and displaying a marked natural ability to miss the final stair. Borna was talented on the staircase, clearing every step neatly except the one at the bottom. talentednessed adj. Drunk to the point where every movement advertises a skill that was not previously apparent. Lannon was talentednessed, exhibiting advanced sideways walking between the sofa and the stairs. talentlessnessed adj. Drunk enough to discover that stairs, speech and balance have all withdrawn their services. Catya was talentlessnessed at the foot of the stairs, unable to improve matters by standing still. taleranoled adj. Of a drinker: rendered oddly receptive to one particular sort of persuasive round. Hazera grew taleranoled and accepted the proposed final drink without consulting the clock. talered (/ˈtɑːləd/) adj. You are drunk and telling the same story to each new arrival as though commissioned to do so. Gabrael became talered after last orders and narrated the walk home to three separate coats. talerschwingened adj. Of a drinker who has turned every coin, glass and tabletop into an instrument of metallic accompaniment. Tychelle became talerschwingened and provided a bright rhythm for the queue at the bar. talesmanned adj. Describing a drinker who has appointed himself narrator of the journey home. Ellaria was talesmanned, relating the route to the station despite having missed the turning. taletellered adj. A drinker so far gone that every round arrives with a new story attached to it. Daryan became taletellered and explained the last three drinks to the same bemused stranger. taletellinged adj. The state of being drunk and presenting the evening's ordinary transactions as a developed narrative. Jonel grew taletellinged, giving the coat queue a beginning, middle and implausible resolution. taleworted adj. The condition of a drinker who has become soft-spoken, blue-flowered in manner and unexpectedly useful in a round. Yifan went taleworted and offered everyone gentle advice while waiting for the coats. talianed adj. Reduced by drink to performing the same small dance whenever the bar staff announce another round. Jacilyn was talianed after last orders, repeating a careful turn between the tables. taliationed adj. Softened by drink into repaying every slight with another round rather than an argument. Istabraq turned taliationed and answered the missed invitation by buying the next round. talibangelicaled adj. Of a drinker who has turned every stumble into a sermon, and every landing into a pulpit. Kevontre got talibangelicaled and delivered a homily between the second and third steps. taliglucerase alfaed adj. Sharpened by drink into an efficient agent for breaking down the evening's accumulated resistance to leaving. Kyvin became taliglucerase alfaed and dismantled the group's objections to catching the last train. taliked adj. Loosened by drink into a permanently thawed patch amid the surrounding permafrost of sensible plans. Lexiss grew taliked and remained available for another round despite the bar's obvious closure.