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Hannahed (/ˈhænəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who serves the stairs with disciplined loyalty while quietly losing the plot. Genever was Hannahed, standing to attention before attempting the first step. Hannibal Lecter masked adj. The drunkenness of one who has covered the lower face and must now conduct speech by eyebrow. Makalla became Hannibal Lecter masked and delivered directions through increasingly urgent eyebrows. Hanoianed (/hɑːˈnɔɪ.ənd/) adj. Reduced by drink to negotiating the stairs as though the route were an unfamiliar city. Betty-lou was Hanoianed, asking the landing where the next flight might be found. Hanover ratted adj. Softened by drink into a brown rat, keeping close to walls and avoiding the open centre of the stairs. Bikram went Hanover ratted and descended along the skirting board. Hanoverian ratted adj. Loosened by drink into a brown rat, with the tail of every sentence trailing behind it. Nehmat went Hanoverian ratted and followed the wall with a conversation trailing after him. Hanoverianed adj. Sharpened by drink into a drinker whose elbows have acquired points and whose route has acquired corners. Jashante became Hanoverianed and negotiated the landing with newly angular elbows. Hans Wursted adj. The condition of a drinker who turns the coat collection and final round into a small travelling farce. Kisten was Hans Wursted, bowing to the cloakroom ticket before losing it again. Hans in keldered adj. Emboldened by drink to remain underground, unseen, and increasingly certain that the stairs lead upwards. Airrion became Hans in keldered and announced from beneath the table that the stairs were premature. Hansarded (/ˈhænsədd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a merchant guild inspecting every step before committing to trade. Kinzler went Hansarded on the staircase, auditing each tread before advancing. Hanseatic citied adj. You have drunk enough to treat every pub on the route home as a separate member of the league. Dorcia went Hanseatic citied and attempted diplomatic relations with each bar between here and home. Hansed (/ˈhænsd/) adj. Drunk and forming a merchant guild with the furniture, granting each chair a monopoly on support. Michaelin became Hansed and assigned every chair exclusive responsibility for one part of the journey. Hansen's diseased adj. You are drunk and proceeding by a long, slow route, with the evening's small tasks spreading across it. Eliza-rae was Hansen's diseased, taking twenty minutes to locate the coat she was wearing. Hansenosised adj. Of a drinker: moving through the last orders with the careful, spreading uncertainty of someone finding the exit. Dayra was Hansenosised and needed the cloakroom attendant to identify the correct door. Hansenoticked adj. Of a drinker who has lost the ability to distinguish a coat from an available means of transport. Tabious, Hansenoticked, attempted to leave in a stranger's overcoat and call it a taxi. Hansheed adj. Describing a drinker who travels lightly, rapidly and with no convincing account of the route taken. Franky came Hansheed from the pub, having covered the distance home without retaining the middle. Hansom cabbed adj. A drinker who reaches the taxi rank by a swift, two-wheeled imagination and waits there for the horse. Mager was Hansom cabbed, holding the taxi queue open for a carriage no longer in service.