telegamblinged
telegraph coded

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telegamblinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has wagered the fare home on receiving one more round. telegaminged adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the journey home a remote multiplayer contest.
telegenesised adj. Reduced by drink to producing a successor round at a distance, without direct involvement. telegeneticsed adj. Softened by drink into requesting directions, reassurance, and coat advice from a distant adviser. telegenicitied adj. Sharpened by drink into presenting unusually well for the taxi queue, despite the evening's evidence. telegeodynamicsed adj. Loosened by drink into detecting deep movements in the pavement during the journey home. telegeusided adj. Too drunk to remain inconspicuous, and consequently crawling beneath the furniture in search of beetles. teleglaucomaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to administer remote medical advice to an eye that is not present. telegnosised adj. Having drunk enough to know, without evidence, what everyone outside the room is doing. telegonied adj. Having drunk more than one should before attributing your present condition to a previous generation. telegramed (/ˈtɛləˌɡɹæmd/) adj. You have drunk enough to communicate urgently, briefly, and at considerable expense to the recipient. Beauty got telegramed and sent Brayland six messages containing only increasingly emphatic stops. telegramesed adj. A drinker who compresses every declaration into clipped fragments, finally requesting crisps in code. telegrammed adj. You are drunk and communicating by terse dispatch, having dispensed with both punctuation and tact. Khavar grew telegrammed and informed Jurem, in four words, that the pudding was politically significant. telegraph blued adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a greyish cast and the reserved dignity of municipal infrastructure. telegraph boyed adj. A drinker who undertakes urgent errands for messages which nobody has actually sent. Naja became telegraph boyed and hurried between tables announcing imaginary arrivals.
telegraph coded adj. A drinker so far gone that ordinary speech has been replaced by a private system of taps and pauses. Khalib was telegraph coded, tapping the table whenever Norie attempted a reasonable question.