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head scratchered adj. You have drunk enough to regard a simple problem as requiring specialised equipment and a demonstration. Adon got head scratchered and searched the kitchen for a device to solve the seating plan. head scratchinged adj. Drunk in a way that turns finding your coat into an investigation requiring several witnesses. Natrina was head scratchinged and questioned the cloakroom attendant about her own scarf. head seaed adj. Drunk and meeting every conversation head-on, regardless of its direction or seaworthiness. Fynlay went head seaed and challenged the quietest guest to a debate about anchors. head shopped adj. Drunk to the point where a shop selling incense and curiosities appears to supply all necessary expertise. Angyl got head shopped and bought a crystal to improve the household's outlook. head shunted adj. The condition of a drinker who has been diverted into a quiet corner and left there until daylight. Chaneka was head shunted beside the coat cupboard, where the morning found her still upright. head spaced adj. Emboldened by drink to leave a generous gap between intention and execution by morning. Alexiz was head spaced by closing time, leaving a generous gap between plans and performance. head started adj. Drunk past the point of waiting for the race, the meeting, or anyone else's permission to begin. Zosha got head started and set off for home before the coats had been collected. head stationed adj. Drunk, with the result that one domestic base seems to command the entire journey home. Fawzan became head stationed and dispatched everyone from the doorstep like a rural headquarters. head taxed adj. Drunk, with the result that every person present is assessed equally for another round. Yvon became head taxed and collected identical contributions from the entire table. head teachered adj. Drunk past the point of allowing anyone else to manage the evening's administration. head tenanted adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you subletting your remaining judgement to whoever speaks first. head tripped adj. Drunk to the extent of finding each simple question intellectually stimulating and answering it at length. Lynia became head tripped and treated the choice of crisps as a philosophical problem. head tubed adj. Drunk since last orders, and steering the body as cautiously as a bicycle's front assembly. Juwon was head tubed, negotiating the doorway with elaborate corrections. head united adj. You have drunk enough to operate the morning’s faceplate without locating the rest of the vehicle. head voiced adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking in a thin, elevated register suited to no decision whatsoever. Iliyan became head voiced and announced the taxi arrangement in a piercing falsetto. head walled adj. Too drunk to distinguish a difficult climb from a perfectly ordinary staircase. Harrie got head walled and regarded the pub steps as a cliff requiring equipment.