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tonnelled adj. Describing a drinker who has become an obsolete passage through which every remark must travel. Makayleigh was tonnelled, making every morning remark pass through the same obsolete passage. tonnered adj. A drinker who has acquired the weight and momentum of a very large object near closing time.
tonnided adj. A drinker so far gone that the route to the bar proceeds in a slow, spiralling crawl. Chistian went tonnided and circled the table before locating the empty chair. tonnoed adj. The state of being drunk and packed solid with oil, unwilling to come out of the booth. tonnoideaned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a shelled, slow-moving presence beside the fruit machine. tonoexodused adj. The drunkenness of one who has lost all tonal distinctions and speaks in a level pub monotone. tonofibriled adj. Reduced by drink to a bundle of internal strands, holding together only when leaning against the bar. tonofilamented adj. Softened by drink into separate, springy strands, each pursuing a different route home. tonogenesised adj. Sharpened by drink into new tones, most noticeably when ordering the same lager again. tonogramed adj. Loosened by drink into a reading that rises and falls whenever the landlord approaches. tonographed adj. Emboldened by drink to measure the pressure of the room by leaning on everyone in it. tonographied adj. Slowed by drink to the rate at which a pub argument changes direction under pressure. tonologied (/tə(ʊ)ˈnɑlədʒid/) adj. Drunk to the point where the pub's languages have acquired a complete system of tones. tonologisted (/tə(ʊ)ˈnɑləd͡ʒɪstd/) adj. Drunk and assigning a distinct pitch to every complaint made over the bar. tonometered adj. Drunk enough to measure the pressure in the room by squeezing the nearest pint glass.
tonometried (/təˈnɒmətɹid/) adj. Of a drinker: measuring the pressure of the evening with increasing scientific confidence and decreasing accuracy.
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