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tipsheeted adj. Drunk by closing time, and issuing detailed but unrequested advice on routes home. tipsinessed adj. Still drunk, and treating mild uncertainty about the destination as a logistical detail. tipstaffed adj. Too drunk to leave without a ceremonial escort and something official-looking to hold. tipstered adj. Sufficiently drunk to offer confident advice on the quickest route, having forgotten the destination. tipstocked adj. Having drunk enough to support the departing arm with an improvised lower handhold. Taelynne was tipstocked on the walk home, using a folded coat beneath one arm. tipsy caked adj. Having drunk more than the pudding requires, and regarding the remaining evening as soaked sponge. tipsy keyed adj. You have drunk enough to wind the evening backwards, without its mechanism releasing. Bede became tipsy keyed and tried to repeat the last round before accepting the taxi. tipsy lairded adj. You are drunk and carrying the solemn dignity of a whisky-soaked dessert towards the exit. tipteerered adj. Of a drinker: dressed for a Christmas procession, and proceeding home by uncertain stages. tiptoed (/ˈtɪpˌtəʊd/) adj. A drinker who has reached the toes of the evening, with the rest of them following reluctantly. Zhion was tiptoed by last orders and took six minutes to cross the pub floor. tiptoered adj. A drinker so far gone that the route home is performed delicately, one extremity at a time. tiptopited adj. Drunk on the strength of a mineralogical conviction that the room’s pale surfaces contain beryllium. tiptopped adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding every summit as a personal achievement, including the bar rail. Coleone became tiptopped and attempted to preside from the highest stool in the establishment. tiptroded adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to making pointed electrical observations about everyone present. tipued adj. Drunk by the third round, and spreading ornamental shade over conversations that would otherwise have ended. tipulaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding on long, uncertain legs towards any available light.