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headscratchered adj. Drunk enough to regard the household scratching device as a perfectly sensible companion. Raia became headscratchered and took the utensil to the sofa for a quiet discussion. headseted (/ˈhɛdsɛtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone receiving instructions through headphones with a failing microphone. Taraja was headseted and answered Laqueisha's question several seconds after each version of it. headshaked adj. Drunk and repeatedly declining propositions which have not yet been made. Veronia became headshaked and rejected Ollice's suggestion before he had formulated it. headshakinged adj. Drunk to the point where disagreement is expressed by the head before the proposition reaches it. Opaline was headshakinged and disapproved of Oaklee's sentence from its opening syllable. headshaped adj. Drunk enough to present a distinct frontal profile, generally aimed at whichever obstruction is nearest. Ieysha became headshaped and approached the doorway with the confident face of a departing train. headshapinged adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary posture, and now culturally committed to remodelling the skull by habit. Abigayl was headshapinged and pressed her forehead methodically against the cushion. headsheeted adj. Drunk beyond the point where every companion requires a portrait, biography, and agency-approved introduction. Nute became headsheeted and prepared Cona a dossier before asking whether he wanted another drink. headshelled adj. Drunk in a way that bolts the conversational cartridge firmly to the arm of the evening. Esteban was headshelled and could no longer detach himself from the record he had begun. headshielded adj. Drunk, with the result that the head is protected chiefly from useful information. headshipped adj. A drinker who wakes claiming authority over the household, though nobody has appointed them. Tahna woke headshipped and issued breakfast instructions from the wrong side of the bed. headshopped adj. Drunk enough to mistake counterculture merchandise for equipment required to manage the evening. Roshan became headshopped and left with incense, a poster and no recollection of paying. headshoted adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning-after portrait records every consequence without flattering any of them. Michaelanne looked headshoted beside the kettle, having slept in yesterday's shirt. headshrinked adj. The state of being drunk and conducting the morning-after interview with yourself in the bathroom mirror. headshrinkered adj. Drunk, with the result that every domestic inconvenience receives a careful psychological explanation. Jonavin was headshrinkered and attributed the missing corkscrew to unresolved family tensions. headshunted adj. The drunkenness of one who has been released from the main conversation but not yet reached bed. Olavi was headshunted towards the spare room, carrying toast and no clear explanation. headsigned (/hɛd.saɪnd/) adj. Reduced by drink to displaying the destination of the evening plainly across the face by morning. Jacsen looked headsigned at breakfast: everyone knew where the night had ended.