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tossa juted adj. Reduced by drink to a fibrous, upright shrub, with little useful movement left. tossarooned adj. Softened by drink into a small, negotiable sum. tossed (/tɒsd/) adj. Of a drinker: inclined to throw the body upwards and leave the landing to chance. tossed saladed adj. Softened by drink into a loosely assembled collection of limbs, dressing and misplaced confidence. Shawan was tossed saladed, limbs rearranged untidily across the bottom step. tosselled adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a dangling, entangled arrangement of limbs and speech. tossered adj. Drunk, with the result that objects are repeatedly thrown without a stated purpose. tosseried adj. Sharpened by drink into the sort of nuisance who gives the staircase unsolicited instructions. tossinged adj. Loosened by drink into a continuous rising and falling motion, particularly near stairs. tossjobed adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt delicate manual tasks with the gross confidence of a person on stairs. tossmented adj. Slowed by drink to a restless, rocking progress in which each stair receives prolonged consideration. tosspieced adj. Drunk and behaving as an undesirable spare part in the machinery of the staircase. tosspoted (/ˈtɒspɒtd/) adj. Drunk enough to regard repeated falls as a regular feature of the evening's arrangements. tosspotteried adj. You are drunk and conducting the evening as a series of unnecessary rounds. Rosalin was tosspotteried, ordering unnecessary rounds until the entire party began hiding their glasses. tossupped adj. The condition of a drinker who finds standing and sitting equally reasonable, provided neither requires movement. tostadaed adj. Of a drinker: flat in the chair, crisp at the edges, and awaiting the bill. Michalina sat tostadaed beneath the bar heater while the others found their coats. tostadoed adj. Of a drinker who has become dry, crunchy, and unexpectedly snackable on the journey home.