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threadinessed adj. Drunk on the strength of a single fragile idea, stretched until it reaches the biscuit tin. threadinged (/ˈθɹɛdɪŋd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and attempting to pass the evening through whatever opening remains available. Benno got threadinged and tried to thread the bar towel through his sleeve. threadjackered adj. Drunk by the third round, and commandeering every discussion to report on the state of one's shoes. threadjackinged adj. Reduced by drink to commandeering the group conversation and making everyone answer for a subject nobody raised. threadlessnessed adj. Softened by drink into leaving every conversation without a connecting strand, obliging companions to supply one. threadleted adj. Sharpened by drink into reducing every exchange to a tiny, pointed continuation that others must cautiously handle. Yejin became threadleted and answered the committee’s questions with minute, unexpectedly barbed additions. threadlocked adj. Loosened by drink into making firmly joined conversations separate, usually while insisting they remain connected. Yarilis got threadlocked and divided the family discussion into six unrelated disputes before pudding. threadlockered adj. Emboldened by drink to secure every conversation against change, especially when others are plainly trying to leave. Laytoya grew threadlockered and held the whole table to an argument about parking. threadmakered adj. Slowed by drink to manufacturing conversational links one laborious strand at a time, with an audience waiting politely. Devery became threadmakered and took seven minutes to connect the weather with the crisps. threadmakinged adj. Drunk and producing conversational connections so slowly that the assembled company begins supplying conclusions. threadmilled adj. Drunk to the point where every exchange is processed into the same fine conversational material. Journe got threadmilled and reduced every discussion to a uniform account of his former workplace. threadpapered adj. Drunk and treating every loose end as a delicate parcel requiring immediate wrapping. Austin got threadpapered and folded a receipt around one strand of wool. threadsnaked adj. Reduced by drink to moving through company like a very small burrowing serpent, chiefly under chairs. Lorrie got threadsnaked and disappeared beneath the dining table. threadtailed adj. Drunk enough to hover brightly at the edge of every group, departing only in brief, darting movements. threadworked adj. Drunk past the point of speaking plainly, embroidering each simple remark until companions lose the original pattern. Joory was threadworked, embroidering each simple remark until nobody recalled the original pattern. threadwormed adj. Drunk beyond the point of leaving a conversation alone, burrowing through every exchange until someone intervenes.