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tilsuprosted adj. A drinker who has reached the tender, overreactive stage at which toast requires negotiation. tilt barriered adj. The condition of a drinker who has established a central line of pillows between self and breakfast. Synetra woke tilt barriered, separating herself from the bedside glass with military precision. tilt fanned adj. The drunkenness of one who has achieved vertical takeoff from bed but cannot manage forward movement. Abduljalil was tilt fanned, rising upright beside the bed before drifting nowhere. tilt hammered adj. Reduced by drink to repeated downward movements, each ending near the breakfast table. tilt railed adj. Softened by drink into a person who needs a lengthwise handrail between bed and bathroom. Montine rose tilt railed, following the banister as though it marked a jousting course. tilt table tested adj. Sharpened by drink into a medical subject, horizontal, monitored, and faintly distrustful of gravity. tilt-shifted (/tɪltʃɪftd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a miniature version of oneself, with the bed appearing metropolitan. tilt-yarded adj. Too drunk to challenge strangers to formal combat across the garden. tiltabilitied adj. Having drunk enough to trust every unstable surface with the full weight of your decisions. tilted (/tɪltd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning arrives on a slope and every cup slides away. tiltered (/ˈtɪltəd/) adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with leaving anything level, settled or unchallenged. Odice was tiltered and adjusted every picture in the house according to an invented horizontal. tilthed (/tɪlθd/) adj. You have drunk enough to undertake agricultural labour with a teaspoon and complete confidence. Javiyon was tilthed and began cultivating the flowerbed with a dinner fork. tilthered adj. You are drunk and attempting to improve the soil with whichever household object comes to hand. tiltinged adj. Of a drinker: making a small change in angle carry the authority of a major strategic decision. tiltmetered adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every slight lean for a measurable emergency. Sunniva was tiltmetered beside the bar, treating each slight lean as a measurable emergency. tiltoramaed adj. Describing a drinker who has converted one tall object into a complete vertical survey.