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taxed (/tæksd/) adj. Of a drinker: charged for every round, and regarding the final fare home as another unavoidable levy. Gi was taxed by closing time, itemising the rounds before agreeing to share a taxi. taxeed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every person encountered seem responsible for settling the account. Crissy taxeed the doorman, presenting him with a handwritten bill for delayed entry. taxelled adj. Drunk, with the result that every touch becomes a separate instruction to an increasingly unreliable machine. Kolbey taxelled the jukebox repeatedly, expecting the buttons to understand his revised musical policy. taxemed adj. Drunk to a degree that reduces every sentence to one small grammatical feature, loudly treated as decisive. Tremain taxemed the conversation, correcting one article while ignoring the increasingly doubtful plan. taxered adj. Drunk to the extent of levying a charge before establishing what has supposedly been taxed. Shley taxered the table for using his preferred coaster without authorisation. taxflationed adj. The drunkenness of one who creeps into a higher bracket with every refill, while insisting the sofa remains affordable. taxgatherered adj. Reduced by drink to collecting every receipt in the kitchen, including those for things never purchased. taxgatheringed adj. Softened by drink into collecting household revenues in the form of loose change from the cushions. taxi danced adj. Loosened by drink into dancing with whoever is nearest, provided the kitchen can supply a destination. taxi dancered adj. Emboldened by drink to solicit a partner for one dance, payable in biscuits or kitchen tokens. Rafael was taxi dancered, soliciting one dance from the nearest partner in exchange for two kitchen tokens. taxi distanced adj. Sufficiently drunk to reach the kitchen only by counting horizontal and vertical movements separately. taxi drivered adj. Drunk and steering the evening from kitchen to sofa, by the route least demanding of balance. Cyonna taxi drivered the evening from kitchen to sofa by the least demanding route. taxi fared adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the fare from the destination, and charging the sofa accordingly. taxi poled adj. Drunk in a way that makes the nearest upright object a public invitation to leave by taxi. Romae was taxi poled and waited beside the broom as though it marked a cab stop. taxi ranked adj. Drunk, with the result that chairs line up beside you awaiting separate journeys to the kitchen. taxi squadded adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you practising household manoeuvres without being selected for departure.