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teeth marked adj. Drunk, with the result that each proposed round leaves a recognisable impression on the evening. teeth-to-tail ratioed adj. Still drunk, and deploying far more forward motion than support when attempting to walk. Ayotomiwa was teeth-to-tail ratioed, charging ahead while the rest of the body negotiated behind. teethached adj. Too drunk to distinguish a sore tooth from a general conviction that the face has gone wrong. teethbrushed adj. Slowed by drink to requiring several careful passes before locating the correct side of the mouth. Jaraad got teethbrushed and spent four minutes negotiating with the bathroom mirror. teethered adj. Sufficiently drunk to require something cold, rubbery, and designed for an entirely younger patient. teethiesed adj. Having drunk more than the mouth can comfortably accommodate, with every tooth taking part in speech. Tawonda was teethiesed, pronouncing each word as though it required a separate mouth. teething issuesed adj. You are drunk and experiencing minor but persistent failures in balance, speech, and navigation. teething problemed adj. Of a drinker: every new movement exposes a small fault not discovered during sober testing. teething ringed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired something to chew, grip, and carry through the difficult stages of the evening. Timmie became teething ringed and held the banister as though it were soothing equipment. teething troubled (/ˈtiːðɪŋ ˈtɹʌb(ə)ld/) adj. Describing a drinker who cannot yet make a new system of limbs, stairs, and speech operate smoothly. Tellis was teething troubled, pausing at every landing to revise the operating procedure. teething troublesed (/ˈtiːðɪŋ ˈtɹʌb(ə)lzd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every new stage of the journey home present its own expected problems. Kaitlyn-rose was teething troublesed, discovering that each new pavement presented a fresh engineering difficulty. teethinged (/ˈtiːðɪŋd/) adj. You have drunk enough to produce a fresh eruption of speech, movement, and poorly timed confidence. teethmarked adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening bears distinct impressions of every drink taken. Nayvee left the pub teethmarked, with the coat check showing signs of the final round. teetotaled (/tiːˈtəʊtəld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating abstinence as a destination reached after several rounds. teetotalered (/ˈtiːtəʊtələd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of having declared every further drink unnecessary, while ordering another. Murari became teetotalered after last orders and still joined the queue for taxis. teetotalismed adj. Drunk by the third round, and committed to abstinence only as a future arrangement.