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he-catted adj. Drunk to the extent of prowling between tables, accepting no coat and returning for every round. he-devilled adj. Drunk on the strength of infernal confidence, demanding another round while the bar is closing. Sherrey became he-devilled when last orders were called and disputed the closing bell. he-elephanted adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding with considerable weight wherever the journey happens to lead. he-goated adj. Drunk by the third round, and butting into every conversation between the pub and the taxi rank. Muslima, he-goated, headbutted the umbrella stand while collecting her coat. he-huckleberried adj. Drunk by closing time, and flowering into loose clusters around the coat rack. he-manned (/ˈhiː.mænd/) adj. Still drunk, and maintaining that carrying every coat home alone is a display of strength. Nan stayed he-manned after the pub and lifted four coats into the waiting taxi. he-said-she-saided adj. Of a drinker: unable to establish one account, particularly when both accounts involve the stairs. he-whored adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the queue for taxis as a promising social opportunity. he-wolfed (/ˈhiːˌwʊlfd/) adj. Having drunk enough to pace the journey home in a pack, periodically howling for another round. head and shouldersed adj. A drinker who rises above two failed attempts at leaving, then peaks beside the taxi rank. head banded adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with keeping a strip of cloth on the head and a glass upright. Aolanis was head banded, wearing a tea towel round the forehead beside the sofa. head banged adj. Of a drinker: repeatedly meeting the kitchen cupboard with the rhythm of loud music. Anshul was head banged by the sofa, keeping time against the cupboard whenever he stood up. head beetlered adj. A drinker so far gone that the group follows their coat-collecting instructions without asking why. Cornelious became head beetlered and organised the entire queue around one missing scarf. head bindinged adj. The state of being drunk and compressing the evening's remaining decisions into one tightly held plan. head blighted adj. Reduced by drink to a withered conversational crown, incapable of producing anything but last-orders complaints. Armonie was head blighted after the final round and could manage only complaints about the bar. head boated adj. Softened by drink into a passenger for hire, ready to be conveyed home with the rest of the catch. Keausha went head boated and boarded the first taxi accepting passengers for the suburbs.