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tideflated adj. Drunk enough to emerge from the pub at low tide, then disappear from proceedings when the crowd returns. tidefuled adj. You have drunk enough to become the amount of conversation carried from one person to the next. Zamaree was tidefuled, and every remark she made arrived at another table within minutes. tideglusibed adj. You are drunk and conducting experimental repairs on conversations that were functioning adequately. tidelanded adj. Of a drinker: left exposed after the company has receded, with every earlier remark plainly visible. tidelessnessed adj. Of a drinker who has lost all rhythm, leaving companions unable to tell whether another wave is coming. Glenalee was tidelessnessed, alternating between silence and speeches without any discernible pattern. tidelined adj. Describing a drinker who leaves a visible boundary of discarded opinions between every two groups. tidemarked adj. A drinker who leaves the level of each night's excess plainly recorded in the company. tidemilled adj. Drunk, with the result that every conflict in the room produces fresh work for everyone else. tidepooled adj. The state of being drunk and left behind when the company withdraws, retaining small lively pockets of conversation. Naadir was tidepooled after the party, holding separate conversations with the kettle and the coat stand. tidepoolinged adj. The condition of a drinker who examines the small surviving social specimens after everyone sensible has gone. tidered adj. The drunkenness of one who drives with the tide, carrying the whole company wherever the loudest person is going. tideripped adj. Reduced by drink to a social current pulling companions in opposite directions at once. tidesmanned adj. Drunk by the third round, and waiting for the tide before inspecting anyone's luggage. tidesurveyored adj. Drunk by the third round, and assuming responsibility for customs nobody else recognises. tidewaitered adj. Still drunk, and overseeing every arrival as though a customs declaration were required. tidewaitershipped adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the harbour's changing level as customs business. Marquiz was tidewaitershipped, asking each departing boat whether it had anything to declare.