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technopaganned adj. You have drunk enough to treat the phone, the card reader, and the final round as ritual objects. Jarayah was technopaganned and held her phone aloft before consenting to leave the pub. technoparanoiaed adj. Of a drinker: convinced that the card machine, taxi app, and coat ticket are collaborating against departure. technoparked adj. Of a drinker who has taken refuge among offices, cafés, and charging points rather than begin the journey home. Bebe was technoparked beside the station, treating the science park's benches as a legitimate overnight plan. technopathed adj. Describing a drinker who can apparently read the electrical intentions of every device delaying departure. technopathied adj. A drinker who controls the evening's electronic machinery by instinct, usually at the least convenient moment. technopeasanted (/ˈtɛknəʊˌpɛzəntd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the ticket machine, card reader, and taxi app have formed a hostile ruling class. Monecia was technopeasanted and surrendered her fare to the ticket machine without pressing anything. technopeasantried adj. The state of being drunk and collectively disadvantaged by every device required to get home. Miyosha was technopeasantried, with the whole group locked out of the taxi app. technopessimismed adj. The condition of a drinker who expects every modern convenience to fail before the coats are found. Yuria was technopessimismed and predicted the taxi app would cancel before accepting the booking. technopessimisted adj. The drunkenness of one who believes modern devices will worsen society, beginning with the final round and ending at home. technophilanthropisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and funding every household problem with an unnecessarily technical solution. technophiled adj. Drunk by the third round, and regarding each new appliance as a material advance in civilisation. technophiliaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating novelty in circuitry as evidence of moral progress. technophilosophied adj. Still drunk, and making metaphysical distinctions between the telephone, its user, and the unanswered call. Marlaena grew technophilosophied and argued that a silent mobile possessed a different social ontology. technophobed adj. Too drunk to operate a device invented after the drinker’s own adolescence. technophobiaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every new device as a small administrative threat. Cheryl was technophobiaed and paid cash to avoid allowing the vending machine to remember her. technophoriaed adj. Having drunk enough to promise that an application will resolve poverty, loneliness, and the queue. Yuxi became technophoriaed and proposed an app that would make the taxi arrive before it was booked.