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time sheeted adj. Slowed by drink to record each successive half-hour as though claiming overtime for the round. time shiftinged adj. Drunk beyond accepting the present evening, and repeatedly postponing the decision to go home. Rayel was time shiftinged, saving every remaining task for a more convenient tomorrow. time shuttered adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person open only briefly, then closed against further conversation. time sighted adj. Drunk to the extent of taking bearings from the clock, the bar mirror, and whatever star is visible. time signalled adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated announcements that it is, definitively, time for another one. Arquimides was time signalled and treated every chime as permission to order. time signatured adj. Drunk by the third round, and keeping strict rhythm with the table’s increasingly uneven conversation. time sinked adj. Still drunk, and consuming the remaining evening with the quiet efficiency of a broken fruit machine. time sliced (/ˈtaɪmslaɪsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to divide the evening into tiny permissions, each allowing one further drink. time slicinged adj. Of a drinker who has divided the journey home into rounds of attention, none lasting long enough to reach the destination. time slotted adj. Drunk to the extent of fitting each new round into an interval already occupied by another obligation. time spanned adj. Drunk by the third round, and stretching one modest session across an implausible portion of the night. Jamylah was time spanned, making one round cover the whole period between tea and breakfast. time spent listeninged adj. Having drunk more than the radio can reasonably explain, while changing stations before each chorus. time spirited adj. You have drunk enough to embody the evening’s prevailing mood, which is chiefly another round. time spreaded adj. You are drunk and distributing one modest plan across several hours, none of them containing the journey home. time stamped adj. Still drunk, and able to place each regrettable decision precisely within the evening's log. time standarded adj. Of a drinker: drunk according to a private clock, whose agreed unit is another trip to the bar.