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half gyped adj. Drunk to the extent of performing a contra-dance turn whenever the conversation requires a decision. Veral got half gyped and turned neatly away from the question of whose round it was. half hitched adj. The drunkenness of one who begins securing everything in the room, but finishes with a shoelace. Demetry got half hitched and fastened the curtain to the radiator. half houred adj. Drunk and requiring thirty minutes, or its approximate equivalent, to cross a small room. Kaula was half houred by the time she reached the stairs, though the journey had taken considerably longer. half inched adj. Softened by drink into measuring every remaining distance against the width of a fingernail. Messiyah got half inched and judged the doorway a generous six millimetres wider. half joed adj. Loosened by drink into spending historical fortunes on a packet of crisps. Darta went half joed and offered three thousand reis for the last sausage roll. half joked adj. Emboldened by drink to make a serious announcement in the uncertain clothing of a jest. Shinetta got half joked and proposed naming the pub after herself. half marathonned adj. Drunk and completing half a heroic undertaking before sitting down beside the bins. Zebdee got half marathonned and ran heroically as far as the taxi rank. half masted adj. Drunk to the point where your head is lowered in respect for the evening that has just ended. Traedyn stood half masted outside the pub, observing a quiet minute for the last round. half measured adj. Drunk past the point of applying a complete solution to the problem of getting home. Fabius was half measured at the taxi rank, having solved transport only as far as the kerb. half mooned adj. Drunk on the strength of one visible idea, while the rest of the evening remains in shadow. Amaayah went half mooned after last orders, illuminating only the route to the nearest kebab shop. half murdered adj. Drunk enough to sustain a grievous but non-fatal encounter with a revolving door. Ilakkiya got half murdered by the revolving door and declined further assistance. half nelsonned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a wrestling hold from an affectionate arrangement of scarves. Andora became half nelsonned and applied a respectable hold to the umbrella. half nephewed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary kinship, addressing an unrelated young man as though inheritance were imminent. Demecia got half nephewed and asked the barman whether he had considered the family business. half nieced adj. Drunk, with the result that every younger woman present receives a complicated place in the family. Ellenmarie got half nieced and began distributing advice about household budgets. half noted adj. Drunk to the extent of sustaining a musical pause long enough to forget the tune. Lakeba got half noted and held one syllable through the entire toast. half orphanned adj. Drunk on the strength of one absent parent and a conviction that the pub requires guardianship. Damilola became half orphanned and adopted the unattended bowl of peanuts.