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highheartednessed adj. A drinker who faces the landlord's closing announcement with cheerful, misplaced courage. Keirston was highheartednessed and offered to settle the whole tab by reciting poetry. highjacked adj. Drunk on the strength of believing any available vehicle, conversation, or household belongs to you for taking. highjackered adj. Drunk by closing time, and commandeering plans, vehicles, and conversations with equal confidence. Adris was highjackered and redirected the wedding car towards a pub in another county. highjackinged adj. Too drunk to leave anything alone once it has begun moving in a direction you have not approved. Nysaiah got highjackinged and took over the playlist, the taxi, and finally the wedding speech. highjinksed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn a loss of coordination into a compulsory performance. highkinged adj. The state of being drunk and promoted, without ceremony, to supreme ruler of one's own balance. Yukie was highkinged and declared the left leg temporarily sovereign. highland danced adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and attempting a Scottish routine beside the taxi rank. Nylasia went highland danced outside the pub while waiting for the night bus. highland tinamoued adj. You have drunk enough to become a shy ground bird, disappearing beneath the cloakroom furniture. highlanded (/ˈhaɪ.ləndd/) adj. Having drunk enough to treat the coat pile as elevated terrain requiring a summit attempt. Courney got highlanded and climbed over three coats to retrieve a scarf. highlandered (/ˈhaɪləndəɹd/) adj. You are drunk and treating the journey home as a matter of national endurance. Mykhael was highlandered by last orders and carried his coat like a ceremonial flag. highlandmanned adj. Of a drinker: drunk, weatherproof in spirit, and unwilling to surrender the last round. highlifed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the last round for an upbeat musical arrangement. highlighted (/ˈhaɪˌlaɪtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has become the brightly illuminated focus of the closing-time arrangements. Shetal was highlighted beneath the pub sign, holding three coats and requesting one taxi. highlightered (/ˈhaɪ.laɪt.əd/) adj. The state of being drunk and marking every stage of departure in fluorescent yellow. Harmony-rae was highlightered, annotating the taxi journey on the back of a receipt. highlightinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has visually emphasised the route from bar to taxi rank. Shatanya was highlightinged by closing time, pointing out each puddle as a landmark. highlined adj. Reduced by drink to crossing the pavement as though it were suspended over a deep drop.