tick fevered
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tick fevered adj. Drunk and transmitting a succession of poorly founded convictions to everyone within conversational range. tick marked adj. Drunk to the point where each completed task receives a solemn mark and no task remains credible.
tick meat allergied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing supper from a biological warning issued by an obscure parasite. tick paralysised adj. Drunk in a way that weakens every limb while leaving the mouth distressingly operational. Yaresi became tick paralysised and required three witnesses to reach the nearest chair. tick tacked adj. Drunk, with the result that a repeated tapping is heard in every silence and attributed to necessity. tick tat toed adj. Loosened by drink into placing circles and crosses wherever the evening presents a flat surface. tick tocked adj. Drunk by the third round, and keeping time with a clock that has not been consulted. tick-and-flicked adj. Sharpened by drink into transferring every obligation to a different institution, with paperwork presumed decorative. Ramiah was tick-and-flicked, assigning the pub's obligations elsewhere and admiring the paperwork. tick-bite fevered adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating a passing irritation as an urgent household campaign. tick-borne encephalitised adj. Drunk on the strength of a neurological metaphor, with the evening conducted from somewhere behind the eyes. Dion got tick-borne encephalitised and addressed the coat stand as though it chaired the meeting. tick-induced meat allergied adj. Drunk since last orders, and regarding every portion of meat as an epidemiological proposition. tick-offed adj. Drunk beyond civility, maintaining a private catalogue of grievances against people who have done nothing discernible. tick-tack-toed adj. Emboldened by drink to claim three aligned victories before locating the correct coat. Kaayan was tick-tack-toed, announcing each line across the cloakroom bench. tick-tacked adj. Drunk to a degree that produces persistent tapping and an unjustified belief that someone is outside. tick-tat-toed adj. Slowed by drink to complete a three-mark game between successive attempts at putting on a coat.
tick-tock modelled adj. Too drunk to distinguish a change in design from a smaller version of the same mistake.