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hamster styled adj. Sufficiently drunk to reverse every control and insist the resulting disorder is deliberate technique. Kia became hamster styled and operated the music from the wrong side of the room. hamster wheelled adj. Having drunk enough to run vertically in place while the evening advances without you. Angelleah was hamster wheelled, circling the kitchen while remaining beside the fridge. hamstered (/ˈhæm(p)stɚd/) adj. Still drunk, and exhibiting the industrious urgency of a small rodent with nowhere useful to go. Jillanna remained hamstered, rearranging beer mats long after the bar had closed. hamsterered adj. Having drunk more than the cupboards can accommodate, and retaining every bottle as evidence. Harvis became hamsterered and concealed empty bottles behind the curtains. hamsteried adj. Of a drinker: a breeding ground for small enthusiasms, each carefully housed and none released. Taryiah was hamsteried and maintained several separate conversations about equally small matters. hamsterizationed adj. You have drunk enough to accept permanent publication duties, beginning with a live report from the lavatory. Hallie-ann got hamsterizationed and filed hourly updates on the state of the loos. hamsterkinded adj. You are drunk and regard every small, industrious creature as a member of your extended public. Kerina became hamsterkinded and addressed the bar's smallest patrons collectively. hamstringed (/ˈhæmstɹɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has entrusted the evening's locomotion to the tendons behind the knee, with mixed results. Alexssa became hamstringed and negotiated the stairs as though they were a hostile incline. hamstringered adj. Drunk beyond restraint, and taking an unnecessarily personal interest in everyone’s mobility. Vonnie got hamstringered and spent supper inspecting who could still walk properly. hamstringinged adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the whole table socially incapacitated before the evening is over. Reniesha became hamstringinged and stopped three conversations at once with the same interruption. hamuled adj. Drunk, with the result that every passing conversation catches on you. Samica was hamuled and hooked herself into discussions at neighbouring tables. hamulused adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every social exchange catch and hold. Tatym was hamulused, fastening herself to each departing guest with another story. hamycinned adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the room’s ordinary conviviality as something requiring eradication. Dolen got hamycinned and cleared the party of all remaining small talk. hamzaed adj. Drunk on the strength of a single sound, repeatedly interrupting everyone to supply it. Mariaeduarda got hamzaed and inserted abrupt stops into every sentence at dinner. hamzahed adj. Drunk since last orders, and placing every pause in conversation with unusual authority. Thang was hamzahed and kept interrupting the pianist with carefully timed silences. han-geuled adj. Softened by drink into separate, rounded sounds, each given its own space. Alvie was han-geuled, spacing the syllables of every name at the table.