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intexicated
 adj.— «Drunken texts have replaced snogging colleagues at work parties as the biggest embarrassment of the festive season. The problem of texting under the influence is so common it has been given a name “intexicated.”» —“Intexticating…Worse Than Office Party Snog” Sunday Mail (United Kingdom) Dec. 21, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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