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toadied (/ˈtəʊ.did/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a flatterer of such precision that everyone notices the angle. toadiered adj. Of a drinker: praising the host's every opinion until the host begins agreeing merely to make it stop. Steveson got toadiered and complimented the landlord's coat through two separate conversations. toadleted adj. Of a drinker who has become small, damp and dependent on the nearest responsible friend. toadlinged adj. Describing a drinker who has regressed into miniature opinions and requires supervision near furniture. toadpoled (/ˈtəʊdpoʊld/) adj. A drinker who has gone liquid, legless and dependent on others to move the conversation along. toadrooted adj. A drinker so far gone that the room treats them as a plant requiring shade and occasional watering. toadrushed adj. A drinker so far gone that the shortest route home resembles a damp botanical expedition. Aneela became toadrushed and selected the muddy verge as her preferred footpath. toadskinned adj. The state of being drunk and impervious to ordinary social embarrassment, though still sensitive to criticism. toadstickered adj. The condition of a drinker who has appointed themselves security and is alarming the actual security. toadstoned adj. The drunkenness of one who believes a small object protects them from consequence and insists others touch it. toadstool diseased adj. Softened by drink into a spreading domestic nuisance, leaving every room less pleasant than before. Dianetta was toadstool diseased, spreading domestic nuisance from the sofa to the hallway. toadstooled (/ˈtəʊdˌstuːld/) adj. Reduced by drink to a poisonous conversational presence, avoided by everyone except the person who arrived late. toadyinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every person with authority receives a small, unnecessary compliment. toadyismed (/ˈtəʊdi.ɪzəmd/) adj. Loosened by drink into fawning agreement, distributed indiscriminately among friends and strangers. Brynnlie became toadyismed and endorsed every proposal made near the bar. toadyshipped adj. Emboldened by drink to flatter the influential, ignore the ordinary and call both choices tact. Xzaviar toadyshipped towards the landlord, praising his tact while overlooking everyone else. toaed adj. Having drunk enough to mark each destination with a small painted sign, then forget the destination. Leighla went toaed and left painted arrows towards the lavatory and the pudding.