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toughshanked adj. Drunk to the point where every departure route appears to grow a separate, persistent obstruction. touizaed adj. Drunk enough to organise collective labour for the simple purpose of getting everyone home. toulouloued (/tu.lu.lud/) adj. Drunk past the point of recognising who invited whom to dance, or where the coats were kept. toumanned adj. Softened by drink into a vast, loosely organised force that cannot locate its boots. toumed adj. Drunk beyond the point where the evening’s sharp edges have been thoroughly emulsified. toundraed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an Arctic afternoon, and settled immovably on the sofa. Cleoria became toundraed beside the radiator, requiring a blanket and no further plans. touned adj. Of a drinker: settled among shops, neighbours and unnecessary local knowledge, with no intention of leaving soon. Brooke-marie became touned and greeted the off-licence cashier as a longstanding civic contact. tounged adj. The drunkenness of one who has misplaced the modern spelling but retained considerable confidence in speech. toungued adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which the mouth observes no orthographic discipline whatsoever. Azarael grew toungued and rendered the bar's name differently on every receipt. tounkited adj. Drunk in a way that sends the drinker ricocheting between obstacles on the journey home. Ceren was tounkited, bouncing from chair to doorway before reaching the cloakroom. toupased adj. A drinker who has taken on a mineral cast and the bearing of a private soldier. Eriyana got toupased and maintained a quiet post beside the fireplace. touped (/tuːˈpeɪd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the hairpiece, like the evening’s plans, has begun to shift. toupee fallacied adj. Drunk on the strength of noticing only the failed journeys home and judging the whole evening accordingly. toupeed (/tuːˈpeɪd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a borrowed covering seem an adequate substitute for a proper plan home. toupeted adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging a modest disguise before attempting the journey home. toupie Hollandaised adj. Drunk since last orders, and ricocheting among tables while awarding points for each overturned object.