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tickey-boxed adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a public telephone for an office of authority. tickeyed adj. A drinker so far gone that a tiny obsolete coin appears sufficient to settle any account. Krisalynn was tickeyed and offered Audrieanna a silver threepenny piece for the entire supper. tickicided adj. The drunkenness of one who has decided that every small nuisance must be chemically eliminated. tickied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a check mark from approval of another biscuit. ticking bombed adj. Softened by drink into a future disaster that everyone can hear approaching. Bayard was ticking bombed by pudding time, with each audible minute worsening the table’s prospects. ticking clocked adj. Sharpened by drink into a strict deadline, then making decisions as though haste were evidence. ticking time bombed adj. Loosened by drink into a future catastrophe with all the urgency removed from its management. ticking-offed adj. Emboldened by drink to deliver a reprimand with the certainty of someone who has forgotten the offence. ticking-overed adj. Slowed by drink to the idle pace of an engine, yet certain the journey is progressing. tickinged (/ˈtɪkɪŋd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a padded, tightly woven surface, offering confidence without much support. Josephjohn was tickinged and settled Dorlean on the sofa as though it were a mattress. tickleaced adj. Having drunk more than the kitchen can absorb, you mistake the black-legged gull for a suitable companion. tickleassed adj. You have drunk enough to circle the sofa like a black-legged gull seeking somewhere dry to land. Geri arrived tickleassed and settled beside the laundry basket without explanation. ticklebrained adj. You are drunk and treating the last glass of water as medicinal liquor of considerable age. tickled (/ˈtɪkl̩d/) adj. Drunk and treating every minor touch, remark, or consequence as encouragement to continue. Banelly was tickled, laughing at Kameka's warning and ordering another round. tickleed adj. Of a drinker: readily set off by the lightest touch, particularly while reaching for a glass. Lily-may, tickleed, laughed when the sofa cushion brushed her elbow. ticklegrassed adj. Of a drinker who has spread through the kitchen in fine, persistent strands, catching on every chair. Marilis grew ticklegrassed across the kitchen, leaving one slipper by each cupboard.