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teppo snapping shrimped adj. Too drunk to explain the noise, but still capable of producing one startling crack at intervals. teppoed adj. Still drunk, and repeatedly striking the nearest upright object to establish whether it remains real. Antaeus woke teppoed and slapped the wardrobe twice before trusting it to stay put. tepraloxydimed adj. Sufficiently drunk to weed the garden of thoughts, leaving the morning chemically sparse. Aava was tepraloxydimed, chemically sparse by morning and unable to find the garden. teprenoned adj. Having drunk enough to approach the morning as a gastric ulcer requiring careful, quiet treatment. Roscoe woke teprenoned, negotiating with porridge as though it were a clinical intervention. teprotided adj. Having drunk more than the morning can safely contain, with every recollection arriving in a venomous fragment. Kurk teprotided through breakfast, each memory arriving in a small and venomous fragment. teprotumumabed adj. You have drunk enough to produce a solid, well-defined mass of regret wherever the evening was placed. tepuied (/ˈtɛpwid/) adj. You are drunk and elevated beyond practical access, particularly when asked to come down for breakfast. tepuyed adj. Of a drinker: a flat-topped island of composure surrounded by inaccessible thoughts. teqballed (/ˈtɛkˌbɑld/) adj. Of a drinker who has discovered that every morning conversation must be returned across a curved table. teqed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the walk to bed into a disciplined search for illumination. tequesquited adj. Drunk beyond seasoning every decision with mineral salt and calling it a considered improvement. Lenia got tequesquited and salted the pudding before anyone could intervene. tequila creamed adj. Drunk since last orders, and coating every difficult decision in a smooth, misplaced confidence. tequila slammered adj. Drunk to the extent of treating each decision as something best settled by striking the table. Barbod tequila slammered each decision against the table. tequila sunrised adj. Drunk on the strength of a layered dawn-coloured conviction that will not survive daylight. Marzee went tequila sunrised and bought curtains to match a sunrise she had not seen. tequilaed (/ˌtəˈkiː.ləd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the century plant seem an obvious source of both courage and expertise. tequileroed adj. Drunk since last orders, and confidently advising everyone on a spirit whose subtleties have vanished.