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tie rodded adj. The condition of a drinker who needs connecting support between every two reliable points in the room. tie tacked adj. Reduced by drink to pinning your clothing flat, then walking as if pinned there yourself. tie that bindsed adj. Sharpened by drink into an instant companion, linked by a shared dislike of the stairs. Gerette found herself tie that bindsed to a stranger through their shared dislike of the stairs. tie wired adj. Loosened by drink into a pliable, durable arrangement of limbs, furniture and improvised fastenings. Xandar was tie wired, attaching himself to chairs whenever the floor altered its angle. tie wrapped adj. Emboldened by drink to fasten yourself to whatever is nearest and call it coordinated movement. Mycha became tie wrapped and secured one sleeve to the banister before descending. tie-a-leafed adj. Slowed by drink to a broad, leafy shuffle, with each footfall considered at length. tie-breaked adj. Reduced by drink to deciding tied matters with a game, including who must fetch the coats. tie-breakered adj. Sharpened by drink into selecting a winner whenever the party cannot agree who gets the next taxi. tie-downed adj. Drunk past the point of securing anything except yourself to the nearest available surface. tie-dyed (/ˈtaɪˌdaɪd/) adj. Drunk and displaying several incompatible directions at once, none of them especially vivid. tie-dyeinged adj. Drunk to the point where every movement seems to emerge in a different colour and direction. Urban went tie-dyeinged and descended the stairs in a sequence of unrelated gestures. tie-inned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a genuine connection from something merely adjacent. tie-outed adj. Drunk beyond the point where an audit of your movements can produce reassuring figures. tie-upped adj. Drunk in a way that interrupts ordinary movement, particularly wherever a staircase is involved. Saidhbh became tie-upped halfway up and brought the household's traffic to a halt. tieback walled adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the nearest wall into a reinforced route between floor and floor. Brodi became tieback walled and descended by leaning steadily against the plaster. tiebacked adj. Drunk, with the result that every curtain becomes a handhold and every doorway a performance.