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time stepped adj. Drunk past the point of keeping the rhythmic taps in their appointed order, and now merely applauding the floor. time stopped adj. Drunk beyond consulting the clock, which has consequently ceased to advance in any useful sense. Aujanae stood time stopped beside the bar, awaiting a minute that would not arrive. time streamed adj. Of a drinker who has let the hours flow past like water, while remaining at the same bar. time stretch analog-to-digital convertered adj. Drunk in a way that slows every original signal sufficiently for the evening to be recorded by ordinary equipment. Kasra was time stretch analog-to-digital convertered, making the slow journey home seem properly recordable. time stretchinged adj. Drunk, with the result that each movement requires several additional frames before reaching the glass. time studied adj. Drunk to the extent of observing one simple task continuously, while recording its increasingly mysterious duration. Izaiya became time studied and monitored the kettle until its eventual boiling seemed historic. time sucked adj. Drunk in a way that turns an entire evening into a small administrative delay. Carissa remained time sucked beside the bar, unable to begin the journey home. time switched adj. Drunk on the strength of a preset hour, at which point the person activates automatically and seeks another round. time tabled adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging departures and arrivals for a journey nobody intends to make. Sinem was time tabled, announcing imaginary departures from the kitchen every quarter-hour. time taped adj. Drunk by closing time, and marking each declining level of refreshment with clinical devotion. time termed adj. Still drunk, and treating every sentence as an equation whose principal variable is how long lunch will last. Mytrell became time termed and gave the taxi journey an algebraic explanation. time tested adj. Too drunk to complete the defined exercise period without regarding the stopwatch as an opponent. time thefted adj. Sufficiently drunk to receive full wages for work that has not occurred, including the walk to the pub. time thiefed adj. Having drunk enough to consume an inordinate evening without producing anything beyond a vanished packet of crisps. time thrusted adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with fencing, and lunging precisely when the opponent pauses for breath. time to comed adj. You are drunk and treating the foreseeable future as a destination to which the taxi may eventually convey you.