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talk storied adj. Drunk past the point of recounting yesterday without adding a second ending before breakfast. Kaimere was talk storied, giving the same taxi journey three increasingly damp conclusions. talk timed adj. Drunk beyond the battery’s capacity to sustain the calls made after midnight. Kadesh was talk timed by morning, with a dead phone and twelve unfinished explanations. talk-aholicked adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning-after symptoms receive a running commentary. Driscilla was talk-aholicked, narrating each sip of water as though it were a sporting event. talk-aloud protocoled adj. Drunk, with the result that each decision is verbalised, documented, and regretted before completion. Ellianna became talk-aloud protocoled and explained the evidential basis for sitting down. talk-paged adj. Too drunk to leave a disagreement alone, yet sufficiently articulate to append another considered response. Selah was talk-paged and added a lengthy qualification to the argument about umbrellas. talk-radioed adj. Slowed by drink to replaying yesterday’s arguments in the kitchen, with the kettle awaiting a ruling. Huntur was talk-radioed by breakfast, rebutting callers who had never been present. talkabilitied adj. Drunk, with the result that every silence seems in need of immediate verbal repair. Iyobosa was talkabilitied by breakfast, filling the kettle’s boiling time with observations. talkaholicked adj. Drunk to the extent of addressing every object that survived the night. Anterrius was talkaholicked by breakfast, thanking the sink for its continued service. talkaholismed adj. Drunk on the strength of a habit that continues explaining the previous evening after it has ended. Lanitra was talkaholismed by dawn, revisiting the taxi fare with the curtains. talkaliked adj. Drunk since last orders, and now speaking in the exact manner of whoever last answered the telephone. Anelisse was talkaliked by breakfast, borrowing the pharmacist’s solemn cadence. talkathonned adj. Drunk by the third round, and still debating the evening with the resilience of a closed committee. Saraina was talkathonned by dawn, resuming the argument whenever the kettle clicked. talkationed (/tɔːˈkeɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and delivering a long account to the first available household appliance. Ashford was talkationed by breakfast, addressing the microwave on matters of personal conduct. talkativenessed adj. Still drunk, and treating the morning-after silence as an administrative error. Kushi was talkativenessed by dawn, explaining the headache to the unsympathetic curtains. talkbacked adj. Too drunk to distinguish private commentary from the instructions coming through the control room. Marcos was talkbacked by breakfast, taking directions from the radio’s traffic bulletin. talkboarded adj. Sufficiently drunk to leave a public notice beside the kettle regarding last night’s taxi. Bashirah was talkboarded by morning, posting her explanation in the family group chat. talkboxed adj. Drunk on the strength of an improvised vocal apparatus, with speech distorted into musical accompaniment. Syed got talkboxed and addressed the kebab shop in a persuasive electronic bass line.