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TAT'd adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a walking instrument for measuring the warmth of the room. Emilia-rose, TAT'd, reported the radiator's temperature to everyone present. TATA boxed (/ˈtɑtɑ ˌbɑksd/) adj. You have drunk enough to place every subsequent remark inside a small regulatory sequence. Elzadie became TATA boxed and prefaced each confession with a carefully controlled opening. TATP'd adj. The drunkenness of one who has become remarkably stable for someone composed of such volatile intentions. Jeanett was TATP'd, calm at the centre while three proposed departures continued detonating around her. TAU'd adj. Sharpened by drink into treating the evening's usual arrangements as an event requiring scrutiny. Matisse was TAU'd and questioned whether the customary round remained customary. TAVR'd adj. Loosened by drink into a person who replaces every firm household arrangement with a cushion. Giobany got TAVR'd and loosened the sofa cushions before lying down. TAWS'd adj. Drunk on the strength of which you require warning before approaching the furniture. Kayelyn was TAWS'd and needed warning about the coffee table. TAZ'd adj. Drunk enough to declare the conversation temporarily autonomous, with no recognised authority over its direction. Yaroslav went TAZ'd and announced that the smoking shelter was now outside jurisdiction. TB'd adj. You are drunk and spreading a persistent conversational infection by contact with every nearby subject. Niema was TB'd and had passed the same anecdote around the table before dessert. TBA'd adj. Reduced by drink to a provisional arrangement, with the destination and final round both to be announced. Avid was TBA'd by closing time, with the taxi, the coat and the address still undecided. TBBPA'd adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa is treated as fireproof, regardless of what is left on the hob. Javiona got TBBPA'd and left the saucepan simmering while settling on the sofa. TBC'd adj. Of a drinker: correcting the morning repeatedly until yesterday's movements acquire a tolerable alignment. Narin was TBC'd, revising the account of the taxi whenever the room stopped turning. TBD'd adj. Still drunk, and apparently assigned to destroy every remaining torpedo-shaped possibility of a quiet departure. Princeten was TBD'd, preventing the proposed early exit with methodical social interference. TBDL'd adj. Of a drinker: absorbed in an elaborate, ill-advised fiction whose subject should have remained administrative. Kealii became TBDL'd and spent the evening narrating an unnecessarily complicated domestic arrangement. TBDR'd adj. Drunk to the point where the foreground of the evening keeps rendering after the background has gone. Feliz was TBDR'd by closing time, still waving at the pub while the taxi pulled away. TBE'd adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the kitchen floor is not a substitute for the sofa. Joyell got TBE'd and settled on the kitchen floor beside the unopened water. TBG'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and binding every remaining conversation to a single circulating obsession. Adellyn was TBG'd, carrying the same anecdote from one group to the next.