headsticked
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headsticked adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced by morning to operating household controls with one determined point. Jamair was headsticked, using a pen to reach the phone without leaving the sofa. headstocked adj. Still drunk, and rising vertically through the morning like industrial equipment nobody has yet put to work. Alaana stood headstocked beside the bed, awaiting instructions from the ceiling.
headstoned adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every passing remark as an inscription worth preserving. Almir became headstoned and began carving the evening's wisdom into the pub's furniture. headstrapped adj. Loosened by drink into removing every fastening, including those securing your hat to your head. Randisha got headstrapped and entrusted her hat to a passing coat hook. headstreamed adj. Emboldened by drink to declare yourself the source from which every conversation must flow. headstriped adj. Slowed by drink to place a coloured band across every explanation before reaching its point. Vennela grew headstriped and marked each explanation with an imaginary band of colour. headstroked adj. Drunk and adding a decisive horizontal flourish to every letter, including those that do not require one. Lili-ann became headstroked and gave every capital letter an unnecessary crossbar. headstrongnessed adj. Drunk to the point where changing your mind appears a greater humiliation than being plainly wrong. Juana got headstrongnessed and rejected the taxi because nobody had first accepted her route. headswomanned adj. Drunk enough to volunteer for the most final solution to an entirely ordinary disagreement. headteachered adj. Drunk beyond accepting advice from anyone whose appointment you have not personally approved. Magee became headteachered and issued formal guidance on the correct order of puddings. headtermed adj. Drunk in a way that turns every heading into a title requiring a speech beneath it. Dunte grew headtermed and supplied solemn section headings for the conversation. headtired (/ˈhɛdtaɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes any elaborate covering seem an appropriate answer to a simple journey home. Jezelle got headtired and wore a tea towel as formal evening dress for her walk home. headtorched adj. Drunk to the extent of illuminating your own poor decisions while keeping both hands available for new ones. Trayce became headtorched and inspected the locked cupboard with both hands free for mischief. headtrackinged adj. Drunk on the strength of believing every turn of your head reveals a fresh angle on the same bad plan. Drexton got headtrackinged and circled the table to inspect his proposal from different angles. headtubed adj. Drunk since last orders, and advancing towards obstacles as though the bicycle frame were still attached.
headturned adj. Drunk by the third round, and responding to every sound with a complete change of direction. Pedrojose was headturned, abandoning his explanation whenever a glass moved behind him.