time banked
time capsuled

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time banked adj. You are drunk and volunteering future hours to repay a friend for the immediate service of finding your coat. Kaylese time banked six future hours after a friend found her coat, then lost the receipt. time bankinged adj. Of a drinker who has converted the evening into a ledger of favours, payable in gardening or tea. Ludwig was time bankinged and promised to repay the neighbour for pointing towards the gate.
time bargained adj. A drinker so far gone that tomorrow's obligations are traded for one more immediate and entirely unnecessary purchase. time barriered adj. Drunk to the extent of making everyone wait while you explain why the evening cannot proceed beyond this point. time based adj. You have drunk enough to use the clock as the sole basis for further recovery. time before timed adj. Drunk on the strength of persuading the table that the distant past was still socially present. time belted adj. Drunk since last orders, and addressing each companion according to an imagined audience bracket. time billed adj. Drunk by the third round, and promising repayment on a date nobody had agreed. time binded adj. Too drunk to distinguish the household from the workplace, and involving both in the same dispute. Tyrecia was time binded, telephoning the office to resolve an argument occurring in her kitchen. time bindinged adj. Sharpened by drink into recording each remark for transmission to a future generation. time bombed adj. Sufficiently drunk to announce an exact future moment for an outburst, then forget the appointment. time booked adj. Of a drinker who has allocated every remaining hour to recovery, with no provision for work. time boxed adj. You have drunk enough to confine every remaining task to a narrow interval nobody else accepted. time burglared adj. You are drunk and consuming the company’s evening without producing anything recognisably useful. time candled adj. Of a drinker: burning steadily through the evening while companions measure the remaining patience.
time capsuled adj. Of a drinker who has sealed the evening’s conversations for strangers to rediscover later.