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white tied adj. You are drunk and dressed, in spirit if not in clothing, for a ceremony involving the water glass. white tigered adj. Of a drinker: unusually conspicuous in the sitting room, with stripes acquired from the blinds. white tinned adj. Of a drinker who has become refined, sealed, and difficult to open until morning. white tongued (/waɪt.tʌŋɡd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has dried out sufficiently to inspect the water glass with professional interest. white top-hat transformed adj. A drinker who notices only the brightest object in the kitchen, usually the fridge light. white trasheried adj. A drinker so far gone that the sofa becomes a dining table and the kitchen a workshop. white trilliumed adj. The condition of a drinker who has unfolded slowly in the sitting room and is now occupying the floor. white truffled adj. The drunkenness of one who has searched the kitchen thoroughly for something expensive and found a cold mushroom. Rahmel was white truffled, examining the fridge contents for a delicacy that was not there. white turmericked adj. Reduced by drink to a root-like state: pale, horizontal, and best left undisturbed near the sofa. white turpentined adj. Softened by drink into something resinous, immovable, and faintly attached to the sofa. Adilynne sat white turpentined, faintly attached to the sofa and resistant to plans. white turtleheaded adj. Sharpened by drink into a cautious head emerging from the sofa cushions to request water. white van manned adj. Loosened by drink into a careless domestic tradesman, moving furniture without an agreed destination. Astella was white van manned, shifting the sofa to improve access to an already accessible glass. white van speakersed adj. Emboldened by drink to claim that the kitchen radio is worth considerably more than it is. white vinegared adj. Slowed by drink to a clean, colourless stillness beside the sink, awaiting dilution. white vitrioled adj. Drunk and chemically inclined to corrode the evening's remaining good intentions from the sofa. white wagtailed adj. Drunk to the point where every trip for water becomes a brisk, repetitive passage through the kitchen.