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tiger mothed adj. Loosened by drink into a stout-bodied flutter towards the brightest available bad idea. Daivon became tiger mothed, fluttering stoutly towards the brightest available bad idea. tiger mothered adj. Emboldened by drink to defend everyone in the vicinity, including those plainly at fault. tiger mummed adj. Slowed by drink to the protective speed of someone checking everyone has a cardigan. Shadrika went tiger mummed and delayed the taxi while distributing scarves to the passengers. tiger nutted adj. Drunk and treating a modest snack as a strategic reserve capable of supporting several further decisions. tiger pawed adj. You are drunk and treating both wrists as though they require gymnastic support before lifting the glass of water. tiger peared adj. Of a drinker: prickly, bright and liable to remain on the kitchen counter until morning. tiger pistol shrimped adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a startling crack, after which the room falls briefly silent. tiger pitted adj. Describing a drinker who has made the safest route home resemble a concealed hole in the ground. tiger prawned adj. A drinker who has spread out considerably, preferably near food and beyond easy retrieval. tiger quolled adj. A drinker so far gone that the sofa has become a den and all visitors potential prey. Naema, tiger quolled, claimed the sofa as a den and regarded the guests as seasonal prey. tiger salamandered adj. The state of being drunk and elongated across the sofa, with dark clothing marked by pale spills. tiger sauced adj. The condition of a drinker who has become pungent, creamy and unexpectedly insistent about the dip. tiger sharked adj. The drunkenness of one who patrols the kitchen alone, striped by shadows and unwilling to share provisions. tiger snaked adj. Reduced by drink to moving cautiously in long curves, avoiding furniture with limited success. tiger snoozed adj. Softened by drink into a brief, heavily striped interval of sleep wherever the cushions permit. tiger snout seahorsed adj. Sharpened by drink into leaning forward at the kitchen table, upright only by habit.