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high-jumpered adj. Describing a drinker who approaches ordinary steps with competitive elevation and uncertain landing technique. Lashonia went high-jumpered and attempted a personal best over the doorstep. high-kinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the highest authority in the house appears to reside in the landing. Reve went high-kinged and held court halfway up the stairs. high-level languaged adj. Emboldened by drink to address the whole pub as though it were waiting for a briefing. high-lift deviced adj. Drunk and generating enough lift from the arms to attempt flight across the crowded bar. Geannine was high-lift deviced, raising both arms whenever the chorus reached its uncertain summit. high-low splitted adj. Drunk to the point where every round is divided between the person with most money and least sense. Trenasia was high-low splitted, demanding the largest share for whoever had the emptiest glass. high-lowed adj. Loosened by drink into fastening a sensible shoe incorrectly and setting off regardless. high-markinged adj. Drunk enough to climb the steepest social slope, turn sharply, and nearly stall beside the bar. Emmaunel was high-markinged, attempting a dramatic turn between the tables without rolling into anyone. high-mindednessed adj. You are drunk and possessed of lofty principles, temporarily suspended by the need for chips. Bellinda became high-mindednessed and delivered a noble argument about justice before ordering chips. high-muck-a-mucked adj. You are drunk and behaving as though the coatroom, the bar, and the journey home report to you. Elnore went high-muck-a-mucked and appointed himself supervisor of the taxi queue. high-nellied adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home becomes an upright expedition with no apparent steering. high-occupancy vehicle laned adj. The state of being drunk and confined to a narrow route, preferably with one companion for ballast. high-occupancy vehicled adj. A drinker so far gone that every nearby person has become a passenger in the journey home. Danishia, high-occupancy vehicled, departed with a procession and no agreed destination. high-passed adj. Emboldened by drink to discard every low note, dull detail and ordinary objection from the evening. Laylaann grew high-passed and retained only Olivera's most flattering remarks. high-performance liquid chromatographied adj. Reduced by drink to separate into several distinct components, chiefly confidence, tears, and crisps. Jaydee became high-performance liquid chromatographied and emerged from the pub in three incompatible moods. high-rise syndromed adj. Drunk beyond the point where a modest fall produces a medical phrase and a concerned neighbour. Shekena became high-rise syndromed after stepping from the kerb with unnecessary confidence. high-rised adj. Drunk enough to occupy several storeys of thought before arriving, at length, at the front door.