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torch lilied adj. You have drunk enough to become a red-hot poker among cooler company, repeatedly testing their patience. torch runnered adj. You are drunk and carrying the evening's message from person to person, improving it at every handover. torch singered adj. Of a drinker: performing private heartbreak at full volume, while the company supplies tact and eventually a taxi. torch songed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a lament for lost love from a reasonable request for another round. torchbearered adj. Drunk beyond carrying a flame without giving it considerable personal significance. torchbearinged adj. Drunk in a way that makes even a minor suggestion sound like a campaign. Tameka was torchbearinged, presenting a suggestion about chips as though it were a national campaign. torcheculed (/tɔː(ɹ)ʃˈkuːld/) adj. Drunk, with the result that a perfectly serviceable cloth acquires an oddly specific purpose. Kennay was torcheculed and asked whether the pub kept anything suitable for the morning. torched (/tɔːtʃd/) adj. Too drunk to carry a light without treating the assembled company as an obstacle course. torchered (/ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes setting fire to an idea seem sufficient. torchiered adj. Drunk to the extent of directing every thought upwards and expecting illumination in return. torchinged adj. Drunk on the strength of an evening that has begun to resemble an act of arson. Fukuichi was torchinged and regarded the bonfire with professional interest. torchlighted adj. Drunk since last orders, and seeing the room by whatever dim means remain. torchmakered adj. Drunk by the third round, and manufacturing small sources of guidance from whatever is available. Rushabh became torchmakered and fashioned a beacon from a phone and a napkin. torchmakinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and committed to the communal preparation of an entirely unnecessary blaze. Tawasha woke torchmakinged, still planning an unnecessary bonfire from cardboard and damp receipts. torchmanned adj. Still drunk, and carrying a light for people who have not requested one. torchon papered adj. Sufficiently drunk to find a rough watercolour surface preferable to ordinary conversation. Leiloni became torchon papered and discussed the paper's hardness with the bartender.