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tapespondinged adj. Drunk, with the result that friendly communication requires preservation, duplication and the post. Herold became tapespondinged and recorded warm messages for people sitting in the same room. tapestered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the arrangement of every conversation a matter of ornamental craft. Camika became tapestered and wove four unrelated complaints into an impressive domestic scene. tapestried (/ˈtæpəstɹid/) adj. Drunk to the extent of hanging the evening in elaborate scenes, each heavier than the last. Etoy grew tapestried and furnished the pub with a succession of richly imagined histories. tapestry beetled adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding in small black movements towards anything made of cloth. Philisa grew tapestry beetled and worried at the pub curtain with scholarly concentration. tapestry mothed adj. Drunk by the third round, and quietly destructive of anything decorative, woven or within reach. Dixie became tapestry mothed and began nibbling the fringe of the landlady's wall hanging. tapetailed adj. Still drunk, and retaining only a small, trailing remnant of the evening's former condition. Mansi was tapetailed in the morning, a small surviving tail of last night's confidence. tapeted adj. Drunk by closing time, and hanging about the premises in a decorative but unhelpful manner. Xochilth remained tapeted by closing time, draped against the wall like an heirloom. tapetied adj. Too drunk to distinguish a small rabbit from an upholstered footstool. Bautista was tapetied and attempted to coax the cushion beneath the table outdoors. tapetosomed adj. Sufficiently drunk to behave as a discreet internal compartment, storing impressions for later release. Ahnalee became tapetosomed and retained every musical grievance until the taxi arrived. tapetum lucidumed adj. Having drunk more than the room warrants, with the eyes reflecting light and the judgement reflecting very little. Dhyani became tapetum lucidumed and shone conspicuously whenever the bar door opened. tapetumed adj. Having drunk enough to interpose a yielding inner layer between oneself and ordinary consequences. Atef grew tapetumed and received each objection without allowing it to reach the reasoning centre. tapeweeded adj. You have drunk enough to root yourself beside the water and sway with every passing influence. Magdalyn became tapeweeded and remained beside the canal, moving only with the breeze. tapeworked adj. You are drunk and producing elaborate audible effects whose source no sober person can locate. Cherol became tapeworked and supplied footsteps, thunder and a doorbell to the silence. tapewormed (/ˈteɪpˌwɝmd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a long, parasitic appetite for one further round. Sisqo became tapewormed and discovered that every farewell contained another possible drink. tapezined adj. Describing a drinker who has converted the evening into an audio publication of dubious circulation. Shaley became tapezined and released a cassette-length account of the argument by breakfast. taphephobiaed adj. Having drunk enough to fear being buried alive beneath the duvet, despite having placed oneself there. Burce was taphephobiaed, asking twice whether the duvet was meant to be so heavy.