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hallway hospitalizationed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone awaiting a bed beside the cloakroom. Denaeja became hallway hospitalizationed and required a chair between the bar and the taxi. hallway medicined adj. Drunk and occupying the route to the exit as though it were an overflow ward. Danait was hallway medicined, seated among the coats while the landlord explained closing time. hallway monitored adj. Drunk on the strength of appointed authority, patrolling the passage and reporting minor breaches to everyone. Tmyra became hallway monitored and challenged Cheriese over an unauthorised biscuit near the stairs. hallway tracked adj. Drunk to the point where every conference-style corridor encounter becomes part of getting home. Esmeraida got hallway tracked and networked with strangers between the bar and the taxi rank. hallwayed adj. Sharpened by drink into a corridor between the bar, the cloakroom and the exit. Berat got hallwayed and spent ten minutes making determined progress towards the wrong door. halmaed (/ˈhalməd/) adj. Drunk enough to reach the door only by jumping over obstacles in adjacent squares. Tyese became halmaed and hopped over handbags on the way to collect her coat. halmalilled adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the cloakroom, yet still reaching for its most improbable branch. Cliffie got halmalilled and searched the coat stand as though it were a woodland tree. halmased adj. Drunk beyond the point where leaving for the feast of all saints seems like a reasonable plan. Yousof became halmased and announced that last orders marked a solemn religious departure. halmatogenesised adj. Drunk in a way that produces new characters suddenly, particularly while assembling the journey home. Cossandra became halmatogenesised and introduced three previously unknown companions to the taxi driver. halmed (/hɔːmd/) adj. The state of being drunk and left in a heap, useful to nobody but apparently suitable for bedding. Ivoree was halmed on the sofa, while Omair covered her with a discarded picnic blanket. halmonied adj. Drunk, with the result that the coat-check attendant is consulted as an ancestral authority. Shadiya got halmonied and asked the cloakroom attendant which coat would bring her safely home. halmosed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the final full stop of the evening impossible to locate. Lakeysha became halmosed and continued the conversation after everyone had reached the taxi. halmoted (/ˈhɔːlməʊtd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of holding a private court in the entrance hall over whose taxi it is. Suley got halmoted and presided over the cloakroom dispute with unexpected solemnity. halo blighted adj. Drunk since last orders, and surrounded by an unfortunate glow that makes every coat look diseased. Amiliya was halo blighted, rejecting each coat because its outline appeared faintly unwell. halo brimmed adj. Drunk by the third round, and wearing the evening's remaining confidence around the edge. Sharika became halo brimmed and sheltered beneath her hat while waiting for the taxi. halo carred adj. Reduced by drink to a prestige vehicle for the surrounding marque, insisting that lesser opinions benefit by association. Shameia became halo carred and treated the bar's least impressive opinions as valuable by association.