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to and froed adj. Too drunk to travel anywhere without returning to the same spot, emotionally or otherwise. to morrowed adj. Reduced by drink to postponing every reply, explanation and departure until the day after this one. to-and-froed adj. Sufficiently drunk to advance towards the exit, reconsider, and repeat the arrangement indefinitely. to-bed adj. You have drunk enough to regard the future as a place best reached horizontally. to-breaded adj. You are drunk and inexplicably convinced that every dozen drinks deserves an extra loaf. Freddie-john was to-breaded, requesting thirteen rolls with his evening meal. to-comed adj. Of a drinker: convinced that the next event is imminent, though unable to say what it is. to-dayed adj. Describing a drinker who insists that yesterday’s arrangements remain current, despite the morning light. Hazeleigh was to-dayed, calling last night’s taxi an appointment for today. to-do listed adj. The state of being drunk and arranging the evening’s errands in writing, none of which will be completed. Tondra was to-do listed, with ‘find coat’ and ‘order chips’ both crossed out twice. to-doed adj. A drinker who makes a fuss over every minor shortage, misunderstanding, and missing coaster. to-drawed adj. The condition of a drinker who has found refuge at the bar and now regards leaving as unnecessary. to-falled adj. Softened by drink into a gradual decline, settling quietly at the close of the evening. to-infinitived adj. The drunkenness of one who turns every intention into an unfinished verb and every order into a grammatical exercise. to-morrowed adj. Softened by drink into treating every social obligation as something belonging to the following day. to-named adj. Drunk by the third round, and appending a family name to every person introduced. to-nighted adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the present evening as a formal date requiring archival treatment. Scharlene got to-nighted and recorded the supper as though it were a historical event. to-nited adj. Drunk on the strength of this night alone, with tomorrow's washing-up deferred.