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timetreed adj. Still drunk, and displaying the evening's divergences as though tracing the ancestry of a small argument. timewarped adj. You have drunk enough to remember tomorrow's conversation before having it. timewastered adj. Too drunk to let anyone leave, particularly when the same story can be told again. timewastinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake delay for an organised programme of leisure. timewaved adj. Having drunk enough to chart each rise in novelty, ending with the discovery of a different chair. timewheelled adj. Having drunk more than the occasion required, and sorting every remaining task into a circular procession. Hafso was timewheelled, rotating between the sofa, the fridge, and the front door. timeworked adj. Of a drinker: paid, in principle, for each hour spent attempting a straightforward task. timeworkered adj. Describing a drinker who performs the simplest task at an hourly rate, whether or not employed. Makaiyla was timeworkered, charging by the hour to locate the missing teabag. timezoned adj. A drinker who has placed each conversation in its own local hour. Lyberti was timezoned and greeted Chesna as though they had just met yesterday. timiditied (/tɪˈmɪdɪtid/) adj. A drinker who, despite considerable liquid courage, asks the crisps for permission. timidnessed adj. A drinker so far gone that shyness survives only as a reluctance to choose a biscuit. timing belted adj. The condition of a drinker who synchronises every movement, finally, with the opening of a crisp packet. Depaul finally synchronised with a crisp packet and became timing belted. timing chained adj. The drunkenness of one who synchronises all available efforts, chiefly to open a stubborn jar. timinged (/ˈtaɪmɪŋd/) adj. The state of being drunk and treating each minor occurrence as a scheduled event of national importance. timiperoned adj. Reduced by drink to a calm, compliant state in which the queue for chips seems therapeutic. timisted (/ˈtaɪmɪstd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and keeping excellent time while everyone else waits for the performance to end.