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techniphoned adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated finger exercises, and now playing the piano with one finger. Haika was techniphoned, playing the sofa-side piano with one determined finger. technipioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to carrying one small particle of dignity. Zanaii was technipioned, circling the table with the solemnity of a subatomic speck. techniquarked adj. Drunk by the third round, and answering every question with a smaller, more energetic constituent. Virtie techniquarked every question into a smaller constituent by the third round. techniqued (/tɛkˈniːkd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and observing every formal requirement except standing upright. technirhoed adj. Still drunk, and presenting a broad resonance whenever asked whether the taxi had arrived. technismed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a technicality from the central matter of the evening. techno geeked adj. Having drunk enough to diagnose the television's silence as a networking problem. techno musicked adj. Having drunk more than the playlist, and now providing electronic accompaniment without equipment. Charm became techno musicked and supplied a bass line beneath the conversation. techno utopianismed adj. Drunk in a way that generates, at volume, a complete and imminent solution to every problem, to be delivered by an app. techno-capitalismed adj. Of a drinker who has made every friendly exchange into a market dominated by whichever phone is newest. Sidonie got techno-capitalismed and tried to monetise the group photograph. techno-capitalisted adj. A drinker who has appointed the most expensive gadget chairman of the evening. techno-determinismed adj. The state of being drunk and crediting every improvement in conversation to the available hardware. Hemisha got techno-determinismed and attributed the pleasant silence to better connectivity. techno-deterministed adj. Drunk, with the result that every improvement in the evening is credited to a device. techno-eugenicsed adj. Sharpened by drink into selecting the sofa's cushions for superior hereditary qualities. techno-fixed adj. Drunk on the strength of believing that a small device has solved the larger problem. techno-fundamentalismed adj. You are drunk and convinced that the broken card machine represents a solvable civilisational challenge.