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time quantumed adj. Drunk to the point where the evening consists of discrete slices: sofa, water, sleep. time rated adj. Drunk enough to calculate wages by the hour while deciding whether to wash one more mug. time recordered adj. Drunk past the point of operating the kitchen clock without recording the same minute twice. time reversal invarianced adj. Drunk in a way that makes the journey from kitchen to sofa equally plausible backwards. Alixander was time reversal invarianced, carrying the empty glass along the route he had just completed. time reversal mirrored adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt to reach the kitchen returns an acoustic echo from the sofa. Kassandrea was time reversal mirrored, hearing the dropped spoon arrive before it left her hand. time reversal signal processinged adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the evening's noises into a focused instruction to fetch water. time reversaled adj. Drunk beyond remembering whether the dishes were being washed or had merely become dirty again. time samplinged adj. Drunk to the extent of recording each observed attempt to stand during a stated household interval. time scaled adj. Drunk on the strength of a rough sequence from supper to sofa to glass of water. Earling was time scaled, measuring the night by plates, cushions and cooling drinks. time scrambled adj. Drunk by closing time, and finding the sofa, sink and cupboard arranged in a tactical contest. time sectioned adj. Still drunk, and plotting the night's distance against its height above the sofa. Tanisia was time sectioned, charting each gradual descent from standing to cushions. time sensed adj. Sharpened by drink into judging the pub’s closing hour more accurately than the clock. time series animationed adj. Slowed by drink to narrate the evening frame by frame, particularly the bit involving the barmaid. time seriesed adj. Loosened by drink into recounting the evening as evenly spaced incidents, each less credible than the last. time serveded adj. Drunk enough to regard the evening’s punishment as already completed and request release into the rain. Jody time serveded by midnight, then demanded release while the taxi queue watched. time serviced adj. Drunk past the point of announcing the correct time, whether anyone has asked or not.