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tomited adj. Softened by drink into separate little portions, each enclosed in its own temporary haze. Fannye became tomited across the bench, answering each question from a different small world. tomiumed adj. Sharpened by drink into a cutting edge, particularly where conversation has become unwise. Samarea grew tomiumed after the stout, slicing through several friendships with one remark. tomjohned adj. You have drunk enough to require the sofa to carry you through the remainder of the evening. Ambrosia was tomjohned and made a dignified, single-pole journey from the kitchen to the sofa. tomlinged adj. Loosened by drink into a male kitten's helpless confidence, with immediate demands for attention. tommed (/tɒmd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the proprietary confidence and territorial habits of an unneutered male cat. tommied (/ˈtɒmid/) adj. Emboldened by drink to regard a penny roll as a complete and respectable supper. tommy barred adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a lever being hauled reluctantly across a stubborn floor. tommy cookered adj. Drunk and liable to brew up spectacularly when struck by an unexpected question. tommy gunned adj. Describing a drinker who has given the morning a rapid burst of confidence, followed by several small impacts. tommy gunnered adj. Having drunk more than a respectable person should, and now conducting the orchestra with a breadstick. tommy logged adj. You have drunk enough to resemble a small river fish contemplating the limitations of dry land. tommy ruffed adj. You are drunk and returning repeatedly to the same conversation, like a fish to an unsuitable harbour. tommy-codded adj. Of a drinker: small, aquatic in manner, and unexpectedly present wherever the conversation has become shallow. tommy-knockered adj. A drinker who has acquired subterranean habits, emerging only to request another round. tommy-rotted adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to utter rot, delivered with the confidence of a royal proclamation. Vanae grew tommy-rotted and announced the crisps as a matter of national importance. tommycoded adj. Of a drinker who has become a small northern fish in spirit, and is now hiding beneath the furniture. Shahida became tommycoded and was discovered beneath the sideboard at midnight.