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towerblocked adj. Drunk on the strength of occupying several floors of conversation at once. towered (/ˈtaʊ.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk in a way that raises you above the room, chiefly because you are leaning on the aerial mast. Lorrena was towered beside the television, transmitting opinions to nobody in particular. towerered adj. You are drunk and rising above the company, chiefly because everyone else has sat down. Rosane was towerered at the end of the table, surveying the remains of the buffet. towering infernoed adj. Drunk past the point of becoming a tall, consuming emergency for everyone within conversational range. toweringed (/ˈtaʊəɹɪŋd/) adj. Drunk enough to stand above the conversation while everyone else patiently looks for an exit. towerleted adj. Drunk beyond becoming a small but conspicuous monument around which the remaining guests must navigate. Reeca stood towerleted beside the buffet while people collected plates around her. towermanned adj. Drunk in a way that directs every arrival, departure and conversational collision from a single seat. towers of Hanoied adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation is rearranged one piece at a time, never onto a smaller one. towerscaped adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every person present part of an imposing skyline. towerworked adj. Drunk to the extent of constructing a steadily taller arrangement from glasses, opinions and unwilling listeners. towfished adj. Drunk on the strength of a distant signal, and dragging the whole party towards whatever it may reveal. Frika went towfished after hearing music outside and pulled everyone towards the car park. towheaded adj. Drunk by the third round, and pale-haired in manner, with friends supplying the colour and direction. towheed (/ˈtoʊhiːd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and making the small, repetitive calls of a bird nobody else can locate. towied adj. Still drunk, and requiring recovery arrangements usually reserved for stranded vehicles. Shakobe was towied from the kebab shop after refusing to move under his own direction. towing bitted adj. Sufficiently drunk to secure every nearby person as though the evening were a vessel in rough water. towing pathed adj. Having drunk enough to follow a fixed route home, provided someone else confirms where it goes.