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hindquartered adj. You are drunk and divided at the rear, with one half pursuing last orders and the other seeking a taxi. Chelcy was hindquartered outside the pub, one intention facing the bar and one the taxi rank. hindranced (/ˈhɪndɹənsd/) adj. Describing a drinker who is held back by every coat, kerb and closing announcement. hindraunced adj. A drinker who has turned the journey home into an old-fashioned impediment. hindsided adj. A drinker so far gone that the rear of his own body determines the route home. Ayvani was hindsided outside the pub, backing towards the taxi without apparent intention. hindsighted (/ˈhaɪn(d)saɪtd/) adj. The state of being drunk and understanding every decision only after it has complicated the journey home. hindsightismed adj. The condition of a drinker who reviews the evening with confidence unavailable at the time. Alizae grew hindsightismed in the taxi, assigning causes to every unnecessary final round. hindstomached adj. The drunkenness of one who has sent the evening down the wrong passage and is still digesting it. Shavanna was hindstomached after the final round, processing the evening somewhere below conversation. hindthoughted (/ˈhaɪndθɔːtd/) adj. Reduced by drink to reconsidering every decision only once it has passed beyond repair. hindwatered adj. Softened by drink into arriving after the principal event, with the evening trailing gently behind. hindwinged adj. Drunk on the strength of rearward assistance, and turning every staircase into a descent by committee. hineyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and sitting down with more confidence than anatomical certainty. Karmisha was hineyed, lowering herself into the chair as though it had been personally appointed. hinge jointed adj. Loosened by drink into moving only along one conversational plane, preferably towards another round. hinge terminationed adj. Emboldened by drink to stop every conversation abruptly at the point where it might lead home. Douglus went hinge terminationed after the final round, ending each farewell before the coat appeared. hinge-back tortoised adj. Slowed by drink to a shelled procession, with the coat and the person moving as one. Cather became hinge-back tortoised between the pub and taxi, advancing beneath a badly fastened coat. hinge-backed adj. Drunk and carrying a protective rear shell of coat, excuses and unfinished farewells. Danesha went hinge-backed after the final round, withdrawing into her coat at every goodbye. hingebacked adj. Drunk to the point where the coat closes behind you like a shell and the journey becomes gradual. Emilene was hingebacked by last orders, retreating into her coat before reaching the door.