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half stacked adj. Drunk by closing time, and producing enough volume and bulk to reorganise the room around you. Aafia became half stacked and made the quiet corner unusable without saying anything. half staffed adj. Drunk on the strength of half a workforce, with the remaining staff absent from the morning entirely. Kinnedy was half staffed by breakfast, operating one hand while the other remained unavailable. half stepped adj. Still drunk, and moving through every exchange by increments too small for the company to follow. Jadarian went half stepped and answered each question one syllable at a time. half termed adj. Sufficiently drunk to declare an unscheduled holiday whenever another round is proposed. Kippy went half termed and announced that the rest of the week was educational leave. half timed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the breakfast interval as the whole match and decline the second half. Jeremery was half timed, remaining on the sofa while the household resumed play. half titled adj. Having drunk more than the conversation can bear, retaining only the heading of each remark. Anthone went half titled and supplied grand names for stories whose details had disappeared. half toned adj. Emboldened by drink to speak in dots and dashes from the sofa about the kitchen. Becker was half toned, issuing short kitchen instructions from beneath the blanket. half underned adj. You are drunk and beginning the day's business several hours after everyone else has finished it. Annastassia went half underned and raised a toast to breakfast at nearly lunchtime. half viaducted adj. Of a drinker: supported by the nearest surface, with the rest of the person proceeding independently downhill. Elijuah became half viaducted, leaning on the wall while directing friends towards the exit. half volleyed adj. Of a drinker who has mistimed every response by one bounce, leaving companions to return it. Jekai went half volleyed and answered each question just after the subject had changed. half-Jewed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves one neither here nor there about the evening. Kensley was half-Jewed, and declined both further drinks and any explanation. half-Windsored adj. Drunk, with the result that the tie is knotted neatly on one side and not the other. Lovita arrived half-Windsored, with the tie suggesting an incomplete ceremony. half-a-crowned adj. Too drunk to keep one foot on the pavement and the other in the nineteenth century. Roverto arrived half-a-crowned, negotiating the kerb as though it were an historic boundary. half-an-houred adj. Of a drinker who has turned thirty minutes into the recognised duration of making tea. Yavonna became half-an-houred in the kitchen, where tea occupied the better part of an evening. half-and-halfed adj. A drinker who is evenly divided between wanting the sofa and needing the kitchen. Payzley sat half-and-halfed between the sofa and the sink, unable to choose either properly. half-angelled adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person only partly available for earthly conversation. Heraldo was half-angelled and spent the evening looking just beyond everyone's shoulder.