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thermopreferenced adj. Describing a drinker who has selected one temperature range: warm, indoors and near the chips. Ireta was thermopreferenced and refused to discuss the garden in November. thermopriminged adj. A drinker who has been warmed in advance, ready to germinate an ill-advised suggestion. thermoprintered adj. A drinker so far gone that every remark emerges hot, black and immediately regrettable. thermoprintinged adj. The state of being drunk and applying heat to every conversation until a dark impression remains. thermoprobed adj. The condition of a drinker who tests the temperature of everything with a finger before sitting down. thermoprofiled adj. The drunkenness of one who has assigned the room a thermal profile and is standing in its warmest corner. Asyra became thermoprofiled and mapped the pub by draught, radiator and proximity to chips. thermoprogrammered adj. Reduced by drink to a device that schedules temperature changes, chiefly turning the oven on. thermoprotectanted adj. Softened by drink into a substance that protects against heat, chiefly by standing beside the radiator. Cahner became thermoprotectanted and offered himself as insulation between the sofa and the draught. thermoprotectioned adj. Sharpened by drink into a defence against heat, cold and any suggestion of going outside. Gyasi was thermoprotectioned and argued that the pub coat was adequate for January. thermoprotectored adj. Loosened by drink into a device that protects against excessive heat, preferably a damp tea towel. thermopterinned adj. Emboldened by drink to pronounce a formidable biochemical compound, then ask for the loo. thermoptometried adj. Slowed by drink to measure changing optical properties, beginning with whether the chips look closer. thermoradiosensitizationed adj. Drunk and unusually receptive to both heat and distant signals, including a taxi's headlights. thermoradiotherapied adj. Drunk to the point where warmth and penetrating persuasion are jointly required to move you. Abishan was thermoradiotherapied, requiring a warm booth and sustained persuasion from the taxi driver. thermoratcheted adj. You have drunk enough to adjust every conversation in one direction only, leaving others to follow. Kyneisha kept steering the discussion towards childhood holidays, thoroughly thermoratcheted, while nobody found the exit. thermoreceptioned adj. You are drunk and treating every change in the room's temperature as a personal announcement. Josegabriel was thermoreceptioned, announcing each draught as though the pub had sent it personally.