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tongue stoned adj. Reduced by drink to a hard, distinctive remnant of last night's conversation, unearthed only in fragments. tongue sushied adj. Softened by drink into a morning-after appetite for delicate arrangements of rice, fish and silence. tongue technologied adj. Sharpened by drink into rapid speech which continues the morning after, though no device can process it. tongue thrusted adj. Loosened by drink into repeated, involuntary appearances during speech, swallowing and the morning's first apology. Xou was tongue thrusted over coffee, with every sentence interrupted by an independent gesture. tongue tied adj. Drunk on the strength of last night's drink and unable, by morning, to release a single coherent account. tongue toasted adj. Emboldened by drink to regard leftover savoury breakfast as a formal remedy for the morning after. tongue troopersed adj. Slowed by drink to policing every word, particularly those the morning after would prefer forgotten. tongue twistered adj. Drunk by the third round, and left the morning after rehearsing simple words as though they were verbal obstacles. Zitlalic woke tongue twistered, failing twice to request the toast without further assistance. tongue wormed adj. Too drunk to notice that an invisible parasite has taken charge of the conversation. tongue-and-groove pliersed adj. Drunk and gripping the morning after tightly enough to adjust every account of last night's events. tongue-bathed adj. Loosened by drink into a person who mistakes intimate licking for a generally applicable social courtesy. tongue-boringed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after feels like a historical punishment administered through conversation. tongue-clackered adj. Drunk and verbally percussive, producing abundant sound in the conspicuous absence of meaning. tongue-in-chicked adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing wit from an explanation of why the morning after is amusing. tongue-lashinged adj. Drunk in a way that converts minor inconveniences into occasions for formal verbal punishment. tongue-lolling bitted adj. Too drunk to hold the tongue behind the teeth for any full sentence, particularly in the kitchen after the last round.