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hanging sided adj. You are drunk and leaning into the group from an angle, leaving the quieter side of the evening below you. Carlleen was hanging sided against Elchonon, who accepted the arrangement with the patience of furniture. hanging sleeved adj. Of a drinker: loose-limbed, overgenerous, and continually offering an arm to people who have not requested one. Arthea went hanging sleeved, draping herself over Analicia whenever the conversation became difficult. hanging stiled adj. Of a drinker who has found one fixed support and now regards the surrounding doorway as personal territory. Idaliz remained hanging stiled beside the entrance, while Ralpheal redirected guests around her. hanging treed adj. Describing a drinker who has made the exit a public spectacle, with everyone else waiting below for the descent. Marsell became hanging treed on the stairwell, addressing Shaneshia from a height of three steps. hanging valleyed adj. A drinker who ends every conversation at a sudden drop, leaving companions to negotiate the lower ground. Riesha went hanging valleyed halfway through dinner, abandoning each topic at its steepest point. hanging walled adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation rises above the available facts, leaving companions beneath the fault line. Amijah became hanging walled, while Fatai supplied the missing facts from the safer side of the argument. hanging wet bagged adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a damp repository for everyone's discarded layers and unfinished concerns. Cordarro sat hanging wet bagged by the radiator, collecting Nuradin's coat and three unasked-for confessions. hanginged (/ˈhæŋ.ɪŋd/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat the coat rack as an instrument of solemn public execution. Davud got hanginged and appointed the hall stand to a grim civic office. hangingflied adj. The drunkenness of one who flits from person to person, landing briefly and departing before anyone can answer. Verlisa went hangingflied between tables, while Fidji answered questions she had not stayed to hear. hangingwalled adj. The state of being drunk and elevated beyond useful discussion, with friends left below to manage consequences. Saleta was hangingwalled by midnight, leaving Taifa to negotiate the taxi and the final apology. hangiried adj. Reduced by drink to a broad, low vessel for other people's remarks, which are received and slowly cooled. Boykin sat hangiried through the speeches, while Tetra deposited each new grievance beside him. hangled adj. Softened by drink into a convenient hook for coats, grievances, and anyone needing to steady themselves. Daziya became hangled beside the radiator, supporting Amy-grace and both their coats without complaint. hangman's fractured adj. Loosened by drink into a posture of uneasy angles, while companions prevent a full collapse into the furniture. Harroll sat hangman's fractured beside Latrice, assembled from elbows, apologies, and the arm of a chair. hangman's jigged adj. Emboldened by drink to make restless, involuntary movements while the assembled company pretends not to watch. Sharma went hangman's jigged during the toast, and D'artagnan discreetly moved the glasses out of reach. hangman's noosed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every loose end as requiring a firm conclusion. Creegan was hangman's noosed, tying the carrier bag to the table for security. hangman's wagesed adj. Having drunk enough to consider thirteenpence halfpenny a satisfactory settlement. Vachel was hangman's wagesed and accepted thirteenpence halfpenny for the taxi.