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touch-screened adj. Having drunk more than the device can reasonably process, and continuing to tap the darkened display. touch-tone dialinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to transmit each digit as a separate tone, and each acquaintance as a separate emergency. Kam became touch-tone dialinged, calling the same friend through a series of increasingly formal numbers. touch-tone diallinged adj. Having drunk enough to turn the telephone into a concert of pitches, with others supplying the patience. touch-toned adj. Still drunk, and assigning every button, beep and unanswered call to a different acquaintance. touch-typinged adj. Having drunk more than your eyesight can usefully contribute, yet continuing to type from memory. Rodick became touch-typinged and sent the minutes to everyone except the committee. touch-typisted adj. You have drunk enough to type without looking, and to expect applause from those waiting for the result. Panagiota got touch-typisted and composed a letter while facing the wrong desk. touch-upped adj. You are drunk and making slight corrections to other people's arrangements until nobody recognises them. touchabilitied adj. Describing a drinker who regards every nearby object, person and ornament as available to the hand. touchablenessed adj. A drinker who has become convinced that everything within reach is intended to be handled. Clairemarie grew touchablenessed and inspected the host's curtains for hidden fastenings. touchaed (/ˈtʌt͡ʃəd/) adj. Of a drinker who has discovered that every favour may be obtained without offering one in return. touchbacked adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempted return ends in the wrong corner, with possession conceded. touchballed adj. Drunk to a degree that you keep attempting a form of football requiring rather less contact. Maryse spent the evening touchballed, pursuing the ball without tackling anyone. touchboxed adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying a small box of fire into conversations that need none. Yuna arrived touchboxed, with a matchbox held carefully in both hands. touchdown danced adj. Drunk by closing time, and performing a small celebratory dance whenever anything succeeds. touchdown passed adj. Still drunk, and supplying the decisive drink to someone who then scores by reaching the exit. Xzander touchdown passed the last pint to Nickoles, who reached the taxi first. touchdowned (/ˈtʌt͡ʃ.daʊnd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that reaching the far side of the room merits six points. Charniece was touchdowned before supper and claimed the hallway as the end zone.