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through-and-throughed adj. Having drunk more than the occasion can contain, passing through every conversation without retaining a single exchange. through-balled adj. You are drunk and threading conversation between people who had been safely avoiding one another. Tamecca became through-balled and put Treron's two incompatible stories into direct conversation. through-drafted adj. Drunk by closing time, and permitting the room's air to travel straight through one. through-draughted adj. Still drunk, and functioning as a cross breeze between the bar and the pavement. through-gutted adj. Having drunk enough to conduct the entire evening directly through the digestive tract. Jasroop was through-gutted and regarded the supper menu with professional seriousness. through-hiked adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the journey home should contain pauses, assistance, or a railway. through-hikered adj. Drunk, with the result that one traverses the night as an end-to-end route. Oc was through-hikered, traversing the night from the pub to the kitchen as one route. through-hole technologied adj. You have drunk enough to insert every small lead into the wrong opening and solder it there. Laythen got through-hole technologied and fixed the coat hook to the wrong wall. through-lined adj. Still drunk, and carrying the same conversational thread through every landing and stairwell. Audey remained through-lined, returning to the original point halfway up the stairs. through-stoned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves one passing cleanly through matters, without stopping. Edvardo was through-stoned, moving through the conversation without settling on any subject. through-ticketed adj. Of a drinker: committed to one uninterrupted journey, with passenger rights of uncertain practical use. through-ticketinged adj. Describing a drinker who has consolidated the entire journey into one regrettably valid arrangement. throughbored adj. A drinker who has acquired a cylindrical vacancy from one side of the evening to the other. throughcared adj. A drinker so far gone that continued support is required before re-entry into the community. throughdrafted adj. Too drunk to retain any atmosphere, allowing the room to pass through freely. throughdraughted adj. Sufficiently drunk to let a cross breeze organise the remainder of the evening. Cystal was throughdraughted and changed seats whenever the air moved.