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tapped (/tæpd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and sealed against any further admission of sense. Camoren was tapped, standing by the bar as though guarding a small opening. tappeed adj. Loosened by drink into a person who supplies the wiretap with considerably more than it requested. Kandas got tappeed and narrated his private plans loudly beside the telephone. tappened adj. Emboldened by drink to block the proceedings completely and call the resulting obstruction strategic. Kikuye became tappened and refused to leave the doorway, describing herself as essential infrastructure. tappered adj. Slowed by drink to a deliberate tap at a time, each one intended to settle an important matter. Ingo got tappered and spent ten minutes tapping the table before approving the next round. tappeted adj. Drunk and operating the evening by misplaced levers, producing changes nobody had requested. Bryah became tappeted and moved the table to improve the music, thereby blocking the only exit. tappigraphied adj. Drunk to the point where every tap and scroll becomes evidence for a theory about the phone. Jerami got tappigraphied and diagnosed Yailine's scrolling pattern while holding the device upside down. tapping upped adj. You are drunk and negotiating with the sofa as though it were under contract elsewhere. Nijel spent twenty minutes tapping upped, offering the sofa a better arrangement by the window. tappinged adj. Drunk enough to turn every light contact into a considered signal and every signal into permission. Brekia became tappinged and tapped each bottle before selecting the one she had already chosen. tappit henned adj. Of a drinker: carrying enough wine for three bottles, but insisting it is one sensible measure. Yaritsa was tappit henned and poured a third glass of water into the wine jug. tappooned adj. Of a drinker who has dammed the kitchen sink and is irrigating the floor. Volvy got tappooned and redirected the washing-up water beneath the fridge. taproomed adj. Describing a drinker who has brought the barroom home and installed it beside the sofa. Olamilekan became taproomed and arranged the sitting room as though serving a late round. taproot texted adj. A drinker so far gone that every message grows a long, improbable prehistory before reaching the point. Jozlynne sent a taproot texted message about the kettle, beginning with events from primary school. taprooted (/ˈtæpˌɹuːtd/) adj. A drinker who has put down one long, immovable root beside the sofa. Quila was taprooted beside the sofa, reaching only as far as the water glass. taprostened adj. The state of being drunk and preventing the household from forming a useful clot around the evening. Zylah was taprostened and kept reopening the question of who had moved the clean glasses. tapsiloged (/ˈtapsɪloɡd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted the evening into fried leftovers, rice and an unnecessary egg. Meosha was tapsiloged and began assembling breakfast from everything remaining in the fridge. tapsmanned adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed himself head servant and issued kitchen orders from the sofa. Kenterrius became tapsmanned and directed Juneann towards the water glasses without standing up.