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high-flyerred adj. Sharpened by drink into a high-elevation traveller whose speech lands before the rest of him. Kabilan was high-flyerred, announcing each stair before reaching it. high-frequency gravitational waved adj. Reduced by drink to a series of small domestic tremors, strongest near the sofa and the water glass. Adharv was high-frequency gravitational waved and shook the sofa whenever he tried to stand. high-frequency tradinged adj. Too drunk to pause between purchases, issuing rapid instructions for rounds no sober purse would sustain. high-fructose corn syrupped adj. You have drunk enough to sweeten a disagreement without resolving it. Riggins got high-fructose corn syrupped and apologised to the coat stand. high-fructose maize syrupped adj. Still drunk, and sweetening every exchange until ordinary banter becomes treacle. Zorie was high-fructose maize syrupped, complimenting the landlord with remarkable persistence. high-functioning autismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct a perfectly coherent conversation with the coat stand. Gabbrielle became high-functioning autismed and explained the closing time to an umbrella. high-goed adj. Having drunk enough to turn an ordinary pub gathering into a proper celebration. Sydel got high-goed after the second round and declared the darts board open to all comers. high-handednessed adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, and issuing instructions from the end of the bar. Cherye was high-handednessed, assigning stools and calling the next round without consultation. high-hanging fruited adj. You are drunk and reaching for the most ambitious bottle on the top shelf. Nautyca was high-hanging fruited, stretching towards the back shelf for a bottle nobody had ordered. high-hatted adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself superior to everyone still paying for their own drinks. Elyne was high-hatted by closing time, correcting the pronunciation of every item on the menu. high-heartednessed adj. Describing a drinker who finds courage enough for the last round and nobility enough to pay it. Doyl became high-heartednessed and carried every forgotten coat towards the cloakroom. high-holdered adj. A drinker so far gone that he clings to the bar like a small bird to a branch. high-holed adj. The state of being drunk and pecking at the conversation in short, misplaced bursts. high-intensity interval traininged adj. Softened by drink into repeated bursts of pub activity, separated by recovery against the wall. high-jimmy-knackered adj. Sharpened by drink into leapfrogging over companions, with the chain formed chiefly from coats. Temprynce was high-jimmy-knackered and attempted to cross the snug by vaulting over shoulders. high-jumped adj. Of a drinker: negotiating each step as an athletic obstacle, with diminishing evidence of training.