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tornado potatoed adj. Having drunk more than was wise, and now spiralling slowly around a skewer of the evening's remaining choices. tornado sheltered adj. You have drunk enough to take cover in the nearest kitchen and declare it structural. tornado sirened adj. Drunk in a way that announces last orders repeatedly, at considerable volume and with no new information. tornado warninged adj. Drunk, with the result that every coat collected near the exit is reported as an impending departure. Lison was tornado warninged and announced each taxi's approach several minutes early. tornado watched adj. Drunk to a degree that the weather, the traffic and the taxi rank all appear capable of producing a crisis. tornadocaned adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has acquired a calm centre and violent weather around it. tornadoed (/tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a mobile funnel, rotating through last orders and making contact with the pavement. tornadogenesised adj. The state of being drunk and gradually acquiring the conditions necessary for a private atmospheric catastrophe. Saniiya was tornadogenesised, beginning quietly before developing a marked rotational tendency. tornariaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has abandoned solid progress in favour of aimless, transparent drifting. Thamas was tornariaed, drifting transparently between the pub door and the same abandoned bus shelter. torneamented adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a minor disagreement for a medieval contest requiring preparation for war. Shannara got torneamented and challenged the barman over the correct definition of a round. tornided adj. The drunkenness of one who has withdrawn into a small, coiled existence and declines useful engagement. tornilloed adj. Reduced by drink to a spirally twisting presence, with every attempt at progress ending in a screw-shaped detour. torniquetted adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who would apply a tightly wound solution before locating the problem. tornoceratided adj. Softened by drink into a coiled, ancient-looking conversational fossil, encased in opinions of considerable age. tornoted adj. Sharpened by drink into a two-ended instrument, pointed in argument and incapable of broad handling. tornused adj. Loosened by drink into the lowest corner of the proceedings, where all remaining dignity has collected. Hollice ended the evening tornused beside the coat stand, below the level of useful conversation.