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tape treed adj. Loosened by drink into passing the same route, drinks advice and coat arrangements from person to person. Ethanial was tape treed, forwarding directions home through three increasingly distant acquaintances. tape-outed adj. Drunk on the strength of declaring the evening complete before the final route home has been fabricated. Niamani was tape-outed, announcing the evening finished while still holding the coat ticket. tape-wormed adj. Of a drinker: inhabited by a persistent internal demand which survives every attempt at closure. Vaneza grew tape-wormed and requested food after each course had plainly ended. tapeballed adj. Loosened by drink into a resilient object that rebounds from the furniture rather than proceeding around it. Neihana became tapeballed and bounced from the wall to the bottom step. taped (/teɪ̯pd/) adj. Softened by drink into something adhesive, attaching yourself to the nearest person whenever the floor moves. Maverix was taped to the banister before attempting the last three steps. tapedecked adj. Slowed by drink to the speed of an old recording, with every movement arriving after its intention. Emily-mae was tapedecked, beginning each step long after deciding to take it. tapedrived adj. Drunk past the point of smooth progress, proceeding in short recorded increments towards the nearest chair. Ronelda was tapedrived by midnight, crossing the room in a sequence of abrupt starts. tapegrassed adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the wet pavement as though the taxi rank were an aquatic meadow. Lulla went tapegrassed and crossed the flooded forecourt without seeking the footbridge. tapeinocephalied adj. Slowed by drink to a flattened state, with the coat serving as an adequate pillow. Navian was tapeinocephalied on the night bus, head level with the window ledge. tapejarided adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home acquires wings and a dangerously broad turning circle. Shereika was tapejarided, attempting to fly over the puddle outside the station. tapejarined adj. Drunk enough to regard the last bus as a launch vehicle and the pavement as optional. Ruba became tapejarined and waited for the last bus with both arms extended. tapejaroided adj. Slowed by drink to gliding confidently towards an idea long after everyone else has landed. Tyriel went tapejaroided and continued explaining his plan after the taxi had departed. tapeless workflowed adj. Drunk past the point of retaining any physical record of the evening's route, receipts or fare. Patreece was tapeless workflowed, unable to reconstruct the journey from pub to doorstep. tapelined adj. Drunk beyond the point where the coat queue may safely be crossed without official assistance. Phantasia was tapelined, treating the cloakroom barrier as a sealed investigation. tapemakered adj. Drunk in a way that manufactures strips of conversation, each attached to a different stranger. Bonda was tapemakered, producing fresh introductions all the way to the station. tapemakinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every pause in the journey home produces another length of conversation. Mykiyah was tapemakinged, extending the walk home with continuous roadside explanations.