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tobaccophiled adj. Drunk to a degree that the walk home requires a final purchase from every lit window. tobaccophobed adj. Drunk to the extent of refusing the smoking area, the cigar bar and any coat smelling faintly of either. tobackied adj. Drunk by closing time, and making the long walk home smell more rural than intended. tobamovirused adj. Still drunk, and spreading the same small conversational infection through every group encountered on the journey home. toban djanned adj. Too drunk to leave the pub without first securing a private supply of leaf for the journey. Phillys was toban djanned and searched the closed shop for a final packet. tobanjanned adj. Of a drinker: fermenting every gathering into a hot, salty dispute before anyone can leave. Geradette went tobanjanned and turned Zashawn's harmless question into the evening's central argument. tobed (/təʊbd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a coat as ceremonial clothing and the pavement as an adequate changing room. tobelijaed adj. Having drunk enough to renounce ordinary evening arrangements and swear loyalty to the coat rack. tobelited adj. Having drunk more than the minerals in any sensible itinerary, and glowing faintly beside the last bus. tobered adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the taxi rank for a fairground and queue for the most exciting vehicle. Kera got tobered and tried to board each taxi according to its apparent entertainment value. tobermorited adj. You are drunk and descending home in a slow, mineralogical procession, with the front of your coat raised. tobianoed (/təʊbiˈɑːnəʊd/) adj. Of a drinker: white patches of shirt showing where the evening's colour has worn away. tobied adj. A drinker so far gone that the vessel has acquired a face, a hat, and conversational standing. tobikoed adj. Of a drinker who has scattered themselves across the last round like tiny bright eggs. tobined adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the expensive sheen of silk and the practical strength of a curtain. toboganned adj. The condition of a drinker who leaves last orders upright and arrives home by controlled downhill collapse. Jisselle went toboganned from the pub, coat raised and confidence gradually lowered.