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textbook feared adj. The state of being drunk and apprehensive of ordinary decisions, each now carrying the weight of a universal ordeal. Sherretta was textbook feared and regarded choosing breakfast as an undertaking beyond personal experience. textbooked (/ˈtɛkst.bʊkd/) adj. Describing a drinker who displays every recognised symptom, in the order taught by the manual. Garbriel was textbooked by breakfast, with thirst, regret and misplaced confidence appearing on schedule. textbookeried adj. The condition of a drinker who turns a simple hangover into formal, instructive prose with numbered headings. Ashantii was textbookeried and explained her thirst under three carefully signposted subheadings. textboxed adj. Drunk to a degree that has confined ordinary conversation within an oddly formal printed enclosure. Sunem was textboxed and presented the taxi arrangements as a bordered notice. texted (/tɛkstd/) adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a written passage from the several interpretations presently being offered aloud. Allese got texted and annotated the menu as though it were a disputed manuscript. textemed adj. The drunkenness of one who breaks the morning into meaningful fragments, none of which agrees with another. Cathye was textemed, recalling the coat, the taxi and the argument as separate unstable units. textered adj. Reduced by drink to a person who communicates chiefly by messages, particularly when standing nearby would be simpler. Bryoni was textered and texted an apology to the person making her coffee. textesed adj. Softened by drink into clipped fragments, with vowels and yesterday's intentions largely omitted. Tilar was textesed by breakfast, replying ‘k’ to questions requiring a full account. textfiled adj. Drunk by closing time, and communicating in unformatted prose of regrettable clarity. Namira was textfiled and sent a perfectly legible account of the missing umbrella. texthookered adj. Having drunk enough to revise other people's words in transit, chiefly to make them sound more welcoming. Lilian was texthookered and silently improved every message appearing on the screen. textidented adj. Sharpened by drink into the morning's familiar collision between walking, messaging and attending to neither. Nyera was textidented, having walked into the door while documenting the walk to the door. textile arted adj. Emboldened by drink to turn loose fibres into a decorative account of the previous evening. Salethia was textile arted, arranging the laundry into an expressive installation before coffee. textile bananaed adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, fibrous pace of a plant yielding material one strand at a time. Carleah was textile bananaed, extracting herself from bed by one careful fibre of resolve. textile coned adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every patterned object for a rare shell and bid accordingly. Aubrielle got textile coned and offered the landlord a considerable sum for the lampshade. textiled (/ˈtɛks.taɪld/) adj. Loosened by drink into a tangled surface of fibres, limbs and blankets that resists orderly separation. Vanyah was textiled across the sofa, woven into the throw and unwilling to be extracted. textilininned adj. Having drunk more than the evening can inhibit, and beginning to treat venom as a condiment. Maryjoan was textilininned and asked whether the snake's venom came in a milder vintage.