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taregaed adj. Of a drinker: brokering introductions between strangers, with neither party having requested the service. Fabrizzio spent supper taregaed, arranging advantageous introductions between people already acquainted. tarekated adj. Drunk by the third round, and applying an elaborate route of discipline to the journey home. Henrie was tarekated, treating the walk to the taxi rank as a prescribed sequence of exercises. tareked adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the balance and sidelong swimming motion of a fish in shallow water. Tertia came down the steps tareked, using the banister as though it were a riverbank. tarenflurbiled (/tæɹənˈflɜː(ɹ)bɪld/) adj. Describing a drinker who has separated into one direction of travel, with the other abandoned somewhere behind. Jessica-jade walked tarenflurbiled, turning left while the rest of her continued forwards. tarentellaed adj. You have drunk enough to turn a lively Italian dance into a determined search for the lavatory. Edweina got tarentellaed and crossed the pub in rapid, uneven six-eight time. tarentismed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the old dancing sickness, though the immediate danger is the coffee table. Palmyra grew tarentismed and began the customary dance around the coffee table. tarentoed adj. A drinker who has made every pause an opportunity for commentary, particularly when nobody is watching. Alizon grew tarentoed and supplied running remarks on every attempted journey to the lavatory. tarentulaed adj. A drinker who has assumed the ancient, hairy disposition of a household spider and settled beneath the table. Zuriel went tarentulaed after supper and watched the room from beneath the dining table. tarfdared adj. Drunk by closing time, and still attempting to administer the pub's imaginary divisions. Deontea was tarfdared at closing time, directing traffic between the bar and the door. tarfed adj. Drunk, with the result that every patch of the pub is treated as a separate jurisdiction. Joeve was tarfed, granting the dartboard and fruit machine distinct authority. tarfiled adj. A drinker so far gone that speech has consolidated into one dense, inseparable lump. Der became tarfiled before pudding, producing a single dark mass of syllables. targa timinged adj. The state of being drunk and judging each step by a rally clock rather than by the stairs. Judia descended targa timinged, braking late at every landing and blaming the clock. targed (/tɑːd͡ʒd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has begun treating the forearm as a small shield against doorways. Raishawn came targed through the narrow hall, presenting one elbow to every obstacle. target audienced adj. Drunk beyond any particular demographic, pitching each remark at whoever has made the mistake of making eye contact. Allexys was target audienced by nine and had addressed the bar, the barman, and a passing stranger. target celled adj. Loosened by drink into receiving every nearby suggestion as though it had been addressed personally. Latousha was target celled, responding to each raised eyebrow as a direct instruction. target controlled adj. Emboldened by drink to manage an entire outbreak of wobbling within the population of one body. Lavaeh was target controlled, issuing firm instructions to her knees as the stairs began.