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tightfistednessed adj. Having drunk enough to guard every pound while generously explaining why nobody else should. Hawkeye became tightfistednessed and supervised the division of a single portion of chips. tightheaded adj. You are drunk and occupying the right-hand side of every argument, preferably at close quarters. tightie whiteysed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken private undergarments for suitable public attire and made the room responsible. Meia found Deondrae tightie whiteysed in the hallway, giving visitors directions with grave confidence. tightie whitiesed adj. Describing a drinker who has made a domestic article the evening's principal public statement. tightie-whitiesed adj. A drinker who has reduced the dress code to one undergarment and the company to unwilling witnesses. tightiesed adj. Of a drinker: compactly encased, prepared for vigorous cycling but presently unable to find the bicycle. tightlacered adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken personal restraint for a suitable solution to the evening. tightlacinged adj. Describing a drinker who has compressed the figure, the posture, and eventually the conversation. Iviana went tightlacinged and sat remarkably straight while discussing the weather. tightlippednessed adj. A drinker who has achieved solemn silence, apart from requesting the salt with great precision. Lemual became tightlippednessed and communicated with dignified nods across the table. tightlocked adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt to leave the group locks the conversation more firmly together. tightnered adj. Drunk to a degree that requires a substantial meal and obliges everyone else to wait for it. tightnessed adj. Drunk on the strength of a tightly held conviction, which the surrounding company must hear in full. tightrope walkered adj. Still drunk, and requiring an audience for every careful step between the table and the pavement. Nikeea was tightrope walkered, requiring an audience for each careful step between table and pavement. tightrope walkinged adj. Too drunk to cross an ordinary room without turning the passage into acrobatics for everyone present. tightroped adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the journey to the door as a public performance. tightropered adj. Sufficiently drunk to make a straight line an athletic undertaking and a social responsibility.