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toombahed adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the journey home to a small, repetitive rhythm. toombied adj. You have drunk enough to produce one bright, persistent note of speech while the rest of you wobbles around it. Marylie became toombied and sustained one sentence through the entire journey down the stairs. toomed adj. Of a drinker: deposited with the evening's rubbish, somewhere beyond the useful part of the pavement. Reshea was toomed beside the bins when the others returned from last orders. toomongonged adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired ceremonial authority over the route home. toon shadinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every person and coat has acquired a hard, illustrated outline. toonaed adj. The state of being drunk and rooted to the spot, like a red cedar awaiting the first bus. tooned (/[tuːn]d/) adj. A drinker who has become a cartoon of the evening, animated chiefly by the prospect of one more round. Ahmeir was tooned, waving cheerfully at the taxi while missing its open door. toonered adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned the journey home into an animated production. toonged adj. The state of being drunk and linguistically antiquated, with every utterance requiring historical annotation. toongued adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted ordinary speech into an obsolete oral apparatus. Famke grew toongued and gave the taxi driver a pronunciation from another century. toonied (/ˈtuːnid/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken every small payment for a Canadian two-dollar coin. Rosmarie was toonied, treating every small payment as a Canadian coin. toonophiled adj. Sharpened by drink into an attraction to animated figures, especially those printed on the late-night takeaway menu. toonophiliaed adj. Loosened by drink into romantic declarations directed at animated characters encountered on the way home. toonwooded adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the nearest wooden surface as a suitable companion for the journey home. Shallin toonwooded the pub table, treating it as suitable company for the journey home. tooshed adj. Still drunk, and relying on the rearward portion of the body for most remaining direction. tooshied adj. Having drunk enough to place the bottom in charge of balance, locomotion, and most negotiations with furniture. Tamecca went tooshied and descended the stairs sideways, with the bottom providing essential steering.