tioxidazoled
tip shopped

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tioxidazoled adj. Describing a drinker who has located every irritating habit in the room and intends to remove it. tioxoloned adj. A drinker who treats every blemish in the company as a matter for immediate attention.
tioxymided adj. A drinker so far gone that the room’s smallest irritations spread through the company. tip baited adj. The condition of a drinker who promises conviviality, then withdraws it once everyone has arrived. tip baitinged adj. Reduced by drink to promising each companion a splendid conclusion, then cancelling it at close quarters. tip credited adj. Sharpened by drink into calculating what each companion owes for having remained nearby. tip drilled adj. Loosened by drink into repeated rebounds from one conversation, returning to the queue each time. Lorie-anne went tip drilled, bounced out of every discussion, and rejoined the same one minutes later. tip of the Stetsonned adj. Emboldened by drink to acknowledge everyone in the room with elaborate frontier courtesy. Princetyn became tip of the Stetsonned and saluted each departing guest from the doorway. tip of the hatted adj. Slowed by drink to acknowledge a favour only after a ceremonious delay. tip of the ice cubed adj. Drunk and revealing the first, chilly indication that the evening’s small difficulty is larger than advertised. Arax went tip of the ice cubed when one spilled drink exposed the party’s deeper hostility. tip of the iceberged (/ˈtɪp‿əv ðiː ˈaɪsbɜːɡd/) adj. Drunk to the point where one visible complaint brings an entire submerged grievance to the table. Madisin got tip of the iceberged after mentioning the missing crisps and releasing forty minutes of resentment. tip of the speared adj. Drunk enough to volunteer for the foremost position in every dispute, leaving others behind. tip outed adj. Drunk beyond keeping the evening’s proceeds to yourself, distributing obligations among the surrounding staff. tip overed adj. Of a drinker who has deflected the conversation over the crossbar. tip sheeted adj. Describing a drinker who has become a loose collection of unreliable notes. Straton arrived tip sheeted, carrying three contradictory suggestions for the journey home.
tip shopped adj. A drinker who finds a second use for whatever the evening has discarded.