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handystroked adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a light tap on the worktop into a formal domestic gesture. Dishan was handystroked and gave the kitchen table a solemn blow for attention. handywomanned adj. Drunk on the strength of several practical intentions, all directed towards the sofa and none completed. Nanaama was handywomanned and promised to mend the curtain after the water. handyworked adj. The condition of a drinker who persists with practical tasks after judgement has retired. Tamel was handyworked and attempted to improve the arrangement of the hallway furniture. hanepooted adj. Drunk since last orders, and sweetly inclined to regard the kitchen grape bowl as a vineyard. Noheli was hanepooted on the sofa, discussing grapes with the glass of water. hanfued adj. Drunk by the third round, and dressed for an entirely more ceremonial evening than the sofa provides. Ascia was hanfued, draped in a blanket and receiving water with courtly gravity. hang dogged adj. Softened by drink into someone dangling from the rope of a conversation after missing its point. Truddie was hang dogged by the snug, still clinging to an anecdote nobody had rescued. hang fired adj. Loosened by drink into delayed conversation, eventually discharged when everyone has moved on. Glasco went hang fired over the pub quiz answer and supplied it during the raffle. hang fived adj. Slowed by drink to attempting a board manoeuvre one foot at a time, near the kerb. Oliviagrace went hang fived across the dance floor, toes out and balance theoretical. hang glidered (/hæŋ ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk and suspended between two chairs, travelling wherever the evening's gradient permits. Lashondia went hang glidered from the bar to the lavatory, harnessed by two unsuspecting friends. hang glidinged (/hæŋ ˈɡlɑɪdɪŋd/) adj. Drunk enough to spend the evening airborne in principle, though chiefly attached to the bar. Hether got hang glidinged and treated the booth as a launch platform. hang loose signed adj. Drunk, with the result that every farewell is delivered thumb and little finger first. Chiann got hang loose signed and dismissed the landlord with an enthusiastic shaka. hang tenned adj. Drunk past the point of keeping both feet inside the conversation, let alone on the ground. Valoy went hang tenned over the bench, grinning as though the landing were planned. hang timed adj. Drunk beyond the duration for which a person can remain airborne before meeting the furniture. Selam was hang timed after the cider, lingering above the bench only until gravity intervened. hang-arounded adj. Drunk to the point where a fringe membership of the Hells Angels seems a respectable career option. Ebenezer got hang-arounded and began waiting outside the clubhouse for someone to notice. hang-bied adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you dependent on the nearest friend, chair, or passing coat. Zamarria became hang-bied after midnight, attached to whoever looked least busy. hang-dogged adj. Sharpened by drink into a drinker dangling miserably from the last thread of an argument. Dayyan became hang-dogged when the barmaid asked him to finish his point.