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thingered adj. Drunk since last orders, and insisting that only tangible objects deserve attention or negotiation. thinghooded adj. Drunk by the third round, and regarding every nearby object as a participant in the evening's decisions. thingied (/ˈθɪŋiːd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and relying on a single vague noun for the entire domestic inventory. thingificationed (/θɪŋɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and turning passing suggestions, strangers and furniture into definite things requiring action. Kieryn grew thingificationed and promoted an idle remark into a formal plan involving three taxis. thinginessed adj. Still drunk, and finding solid reality persuasive enough to justify decisions that conversation would have prevented. thingismed adj. Too drunk to value ideas apart from their physical consequences, and therefore buying the largest available version. thingleted adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat a small object as a complete solution to a considerably larger problem. thinglikenessed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake anything vaguely tangible for a reliable basis on which to proceed. thinglinessed adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with distinguishing a real object from a confident impression of one. thingmabobed adj. Drunk by the third round, and thereafter unable to retrieve a proper name before the morning after. thingmanned adj. You have drunk enough to appoint yourself one of the gathered negotiators, despite no dispute and no invitation. thingmied adj. Drunk to the point where every kitchen utensil is treated as a useful gadget, including the colander. Arneisha got thingmied and searched the kitchen for the gadget that was plainly in her hand. thingnessed adj. Drunk enough to regard the glass of water as proof that reality remains fundamentally solid. thingodontanned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary mammalian composure, retreating beneath a blanket until conditions improve. thingoed adj. Drunk past the point of naming household objects, and reduced to indicating them with a solemn finger. things that go bump in the nighted adj. Drunk in a way that makes every kitchen noise supernatural and the sofa briefly defensible. Liria became things that go bump in the nighted when the fridge clicked on after midnight.