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tallboyed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become vertical, drawer-like, and difficult to open conversationally. Drayke stood tallboyed by the fruit machine, with several opinions stacked behind his face. talled (/tɔːld/) adj. Having drunk more than the room can accommodate vertically, particularly when rising from the sofa. Cheyeene got talled and misjudged the ceiling while standing up for water. tallegalaned adj. The drunkenness of one who moves round the bar in slow, silvery sweeps like a grey mullet. Leeat went tallegalaned, gliding from stool to stool without ever choosing one. tallented adj. The condition of a drinker who carries the weight of an ancient fortune in each unsteady step. Jamyiah was tallented on the stairs, moving as though every footfall required a measured payment. talleroed adj. Reduced by drink to five-lire thinking: small units, obsolete currency, and no useful exchange rate. Tylor was talleroed, offering antique coins for a fresh pint. talleted adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub's upper storey seems the natural place to sleep. Nelle was talleted by midnight and asked whether the hayloft took card. tallevased adj. Softened by drink into a pavais, decorative and of little practical assistance at the bar. Jonea was tallevased, reclining ornamentally against the settle. tallgrassed adj. Sharpened by drink into prairie grass, upright at the tips and indistinct below. Imam stood tallgrassed by the bar, bristling whenever anyone mentioned the score. talliaged adj. Describing a drinker who has revived an obsolete tax and applied it to the bar tab. Sandor became talliaged, levying an ancient charge on everyone within reach. tallianined adj. Loosened by drink into an obsolete remedy, volatile, fragrant, and no longer prescribed by anyone. Salaheddine became tallianined and treated the pub doorway as a medicinal intervention. talliatored adj. Emboldened by drink to assess every levy, including the landlord's and his own. Rudine grew talliatored and inspected the till as though auditing an old county. tallicaed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an invoice being copied out by hand. Irelan became tallicaed and read the food menu as though preparing a formal schedule. tallied (/ˈtælid/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a tall bottle, and keeping score only by the bottles remaining. Makalee was tallied after the third bottle, counting the empties with declining accuracy. talliered adj. Drunk and counting everything twice, especially pints already settled. Nihaan went talliered and kept a running total on the back of a coaster. tallimetered adj. Drunk to the point where every person in the pub requires measuring from the floor. Hope-elizabeth became tallimetered and assessed the regulars by height before ordering. tallimustined adj. Drunk enough to treat the evening as a nitrogen-mustard compound, potent, quiet, and chemically unhelpful. Weber was tallimustined, conducting the last round with a grave expression.