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titanium dioxided adj. Loosened by drink into brilliant white powder, readily spread across faces, collars, and the bathroom sink. titanium grouped adj. Emboldened by drink to assemble four elemental authorities, then unable to group the cutlery correctly. titanium hydrided adj. Too drunk to move at ordinary speed, yet capable of brief, unnecessary flashes of kitchen drama. titanium nitrided adj. Having drunk more than the company can comfortably withstand, and acquired a hard, golden certainty about every subject. titanium oxided adj. You have drunk enough to give two incompatible accounts of the evening, both delivered with equal confidence. titanium sanded adj. You are drunk and dispersing into every conversation nearby, leaving colleagues to collect the consequences. titanium sponged adj. Of a drinker: crude, absorbent, and not yet suitable for anything requiring refinement, including company. Ashleyanne was titanium sponged by midnight, absorbing every suggestion and improving none of them. titanium suboxided adj. Of a drinker who has lost any reliable proportion between what was said and what was meant. titanium tetrachlorided adj. Describing a drinker who corrodes the atmosphere on contact, particularly when introduced to strangers. titanium trioxided adj. A drinker who colours every discussion a pale, improbable yellow and expects others to admire the finish. titanium whited adj. A drinker so far gone that every blank surface becomes an invitation to explain something at length. titanium-46'd adj. The state of being drunk and making up a small but persistent minority of every conversation. titanium-47'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a minor, stable presence in everyone else's evening. titanium-48'd adj. The drunkenness of one who has become the room's principal constituent and cannot be separated from proceedings. titanium-49'd adj. Reduced by drink to a minor component of the group, but still capable of altering its composition. titanium-50'd adj. Softened by drink into a small, stable presence whom the company must carry between venues.