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headpinned adj. Too drunk to identify the person in charge, but still following him towards another round. headplated adj. Sufficiently drunk to develop a hard outer shell and wait for the coat check to reopen. Chanae was headplated by midnight, immovable beneath three borrowed coats.
headpoled adj. Having drunk enough to present a broad leading edge to every doorway on the way home. Katsumi went headpoled through the narrow exit and required both sides of the corridor. headponded adj. Having drunk more than the evening can discharge, and retaining it as a reservoir until morning. Onisha was headponded by last orders and moved towards the taxi in measured surges. headposted adj. You have drunk enough to lean against the nearest upright as though it were your bed. Kesa became headposted beside the cloakroom and declined the offer of a chair. headprinted adj. You are drunk and leaving a precise impression wherever the journey home briefly permits rest. Maleyna was headprinted on the sofa before the taxi fare had been agreed. headquartersed (/ˌhɛdˈkwɔː.təzd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has established an operational base at the bar and refuses redeployment. headraced adj. The condition of a drinker who carries the round onward in a steady, unavoidable current. Haniel was headraced from the bar to the taxi rank without a visible decision. headraged adj. Reduced by drink to knotting imaginary cloth at the forehead, then advising strangers on its arrangement. Amato got headraged and spent ten minutes demonstrating a knot to the barman. headrailed adj. The drunkenness of one who travels home by the supporting edge of every available surface. Eugine was headrailed along the corridor, using each wall in turn. headreached adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every change of direction as a tactical advance. headrested adj. Reduced by drink to using the nearest seat back as a complete plan for the remainder of the evening. headriged adj. Softened by drink into leaving a narrow strip of sense for turning round and finding the way home. Matrice was headriged by the third round, with just enough judgement for the taxi door. headrighted (/ˈhɛdɹʌɪtd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into claiming the unoccupied ground beside the last taxi as your lawful estate. Nolin was headrighted, defending the only dry patch outside the pub. headringed adj. Emboldened by drink to claim the final round as a ceremonial right rather than a suggestion. Devinn grew headringed and demanded one last drink for reasons of personal tradition.
headroached adj. Slowed by drink to a careful, low-profile progress in which the nearest surface becomes the destination.
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