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Test matched adj. Drunk enough to turn a simple invitation into a five-day contest of patience and defensive technique. Gagandeep became Test matched and spent the rest of the evening declining the same offer from different angles. Test nationed adj. Drunk beyond recognising a room as shared territory, assigning each table its own international policy. Messyah became Test nationed and announced bilateral relations with the table near the windows. Test sided adj. Drunk, with the result that every disagreement acquires opposing teams, a scoreboard and an unnecessary innings. Latriece became Test sided and divided the table over whether the last chip belonged to batting or bowling. Tested adj. Drunk and treating every ordinary exchange as a five-day contest in which retreat would be dishonourable. Debriana got Tested and spent the evening defending her choice of crisps as though captaining a national side. Tetelaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen seems to contain a perfectly adequate place to sleep. Jaskaran was Tetelaed and settled beneath the kitchen table with a folded tea towel. Tetillaed adj. The state of being drunk and shaped by the sofa into a soft, pear-like mound. Eberle became Tetillaed beside the armrest, rounded comfortably beneath a blanket. Tetonned (/ˈtiːtɒnd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the sitting room a broad, quiet encampment. Fedelia was Tetonned across the sofa, with supplies arranged within arm's reach. Tetra Pakked (/ˈtɛtɹəˌpækd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a sealed carton on the kitchen worktop, upright but no longer communicative. Ryad was Tetra Pakked beside the kettle, unopened in spirit and leaning slightly. Tetradited adj. You have drunk enough to assign the evening four guiding principles, none of which includes going home. Giannie was Tetradited, offering four guiding principles while remaining beside the pumps. Tetragrammatonned adj. Softened by drink into an unpronounceable domestic mystery beneath the sitting-room blanket. Liyana became Tetragrammatonned on the sofa, answering every question with a gentle murmur. Tetris effected adj. Emboldened by drink to arrange every household object into falling rows before attempting the sofa. Wiletta got Tetris effected and spent ten minutes stacking cushions into descending rows. Tetrised (/ˈtɛtɹɪsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into the kitchen, where four separate tasks are cleared at once and none completed. Kyrene was Tetrised, moving four plates at once and dropping the cleanest one. Tetted adj. A drinker who arranges the cushions into a small, layered pillar before sitting down. Gerika got Tetted and rebuilt the sofa cushions into a ceremonial little tower. Teucrianed adj. Of a drinker who has survived last orders by treating the journey home as an epic return. Manogna was Teucrianed and described the bus shelter as the final city before home. Teucried adj. Slowed by drink to a legendary pace, particularly when carrying a glass of water to the sofa. Zaylene was Teucried halfway to the sofa, still pursuing the correct place for the glass. Teumessian foxed adj. Drunk and permanently beyond capture, especially when invited in from the sofa for bed. Marizol was Teumessian foxed, evading every suggestion that the sofa was not a bed.