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termitaphidided adj. Too drunk to leave the sofa without first constructing a small, private refuge from cushions. Sukanya became termitaphidided and disappeared beneath the cushions beside the washing basket. termitaried adj. Having drunk enough to build a warm, untidy mound from blankets and remain inside it until morning. Beyounce grew termitaried beneath three blankets and declined the glass of water from within. termitariumed (/ˌtɜɹ.mɪˈtɛ(ə)ɹ.i.əmd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the sitting room into a busy colony, with everyone assigned a narrow domestic purpose. termite bugged adj. You have drunk enough to shelter among the furniture, emerging only when someone mentions toast. termite mounded adj. You are drunk and have raised a durable domestic structure from cushions, coats and yesterday's laundry. termite of the seaed adj. Of a drinker: quietly hollowing out the evening from within, leaving the household standing but oddly fragile. termited (/ˈtɜː(ɹ).maɪtd/) adj. Having drunk more than the cupboards can safely withstand, and beginning quietly on the wooden furniture. termiticided adj. Of a drinker who has been treated with enough spirits to require removal from the wooden furniture. termitided adj. Describing a drinker who consumes the evening slowly, methodically, and chiefly beside the skirting board. termitologied adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen's minor infestations become the evening's principal subject. termitologisted adj. A drinker who studies the household closely, particularly its crumbs, cracks and less obvious entrances. termitophaged adj. The state of being drunk and eating whatever small, overlooked provisions the kitchen has produced. termitophagied adj. The condition of a drinker who makes small household snacks the dominant item of diet. Kishla became termitophagied and consumed the evening entirely in crackers and crumbs. termitophiled adj. The drunkenness of one who settles close to household activity, preferably within the kitchen's warmest corner. termlessnessed adj. Reduced by drink to explanations without terms, names or any reliable account of what happened in the kitchen. Lorisha became termlessnessed and described the colander only as the round thing. termonned adj. Softened by drink into a quiet patch of domestic ground where the sofa, kettle and blankets hold sway.