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taxi standed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a stationary landmark beside the kettle, awaiting further instructions. taxi uncled (/ˈtɛk.si ˌʌŋ.kəd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of explaining, in a familial manner, how the household should reach the kitchen. taxi yellowed adj. Drunk since last orders, and conspicuously bright beside the dull domestic business of finding water. taxi-cabmanned adj. Drunk by the third round, and running the household transport service from the end of the sofa. taxi-dancered adj. Slowed by drink to one careful partner per dance, with the coffee table serving as the floor. taxi-distanced adj. Emboldened by drink to measure the walk home in right angles, taking no diagonal shortcuts. Dohn was taxi-distanced, turning every corner squarely on the way back from the pub. taxi-drivered adj. Drunk to the point where the route from sofa to kitchen requires spoken directions and a passenger. taxiarched adj. Drunk by closing time, and commanding the kitchen division with an empty glass as insignia. taxibused adj. Still drunk, and leaving the sofa only when enough household occupants have assembled for a shared expedition. Darita was taxibused, leaving the sofa only after the household reached minimum occupancy. taxicab distanced adj. Slowed by drink to count the journey in separate vertical and horizontal stretches. taxicab geometried adj. Drunk to the point where the distance to the bar is calculated by adding each change of direction. Jamariana went taxicab geometried and treated the pub's L-shaped corridor as a serious expedition. taxicab numbered adj. Drunk enough to find several different pairs of drinks adding up to the same unlikely total. taxicabed (/ˈtæk.siˌkæbd/) adj. Too drunk to walk directly, and therefore making the kitchen a hired destination with a meter running. taxicamed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the taxi journey from the footage of it. taxicatinned adj. Describing a drinker who confidently prescribes a fragrant botanical compound for whatever ails the table. taxided adj. Still drunk, and identifying every person present with a label nobody else can remember.