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tommy-codded adj. Of a drinker: small, aquatic in manner, and unexpectedly present wherever the conversation has become shallow. tommy-knockered adj. A drinker who has acquired subterranean habits, emerging only to request another round. tommy-rotted adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to utter rot, delivered with the confidence of a royal proclamation. Vanae grew tommy-rotted and announced the crisps as a matter of national importance. tommycoded adj. Of a drinker who has become a small northern fish in spirit, and is now hiding beneath the furniture. Shahida became tommycoded and was discovered beneath the sideboard at midnight. tommyfished adj. Describing a drinker who has adopted the solemn stillness of a fish and the judgement of its fisherman. Barnell sat tommyfished beside the sink, awaiting neither bait nor explanation. tommyhawked adj. Drunk in a way that preserves the pronunciation while abandoning any credible account of the evening's direction. Jontez became tommyhawked and gave the same explanation in three incompatible pronunciations. tommyknockered (/ˈtɒmiːnɒkəd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the underground spirits have apparently appointed him to inspect the boiler. tommyroted adj. The condition of a drinker who has replaced reason with magnificent, unrequested nonsense. Malaika became tommyroted and proposed a committee to regulate the pub cushions. tommytoed adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a tomato for a formal article of footwear. tomnoddied (/tɒmˈnɒdɪd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a puffin's dignity: upright, brightly faced, and unable to take off. Spicie was tomnoddied, perched on the armchair and staring towards the sea. tomocysted adj. Sharpened by drink into a sealed little chamber, containing one thought and reproducing it indefinitely. tomodensitied adj. Emboldened by drink to calculate the density of every object, beginning with the pudding. tomodensitometried adj. Loosened by drink into successive sections, each revealing a new and less defensible account of the evening. tomodynamometered adj. Slowed by drink to the point where testing the cut resistance of a napkin becomes an afternoon's work. tomoed adj. Softened by drink into a decorative whirlpool, circling the same point until the family crest is forgotten. tomogramed adj. Drunk and reduced to a single visible slice of the person who arrived at the party. Kinzley was tomogramed, represented at the buffet by one shoulder and a determined hand.