H - Page 682
hiplessnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and unable to locate the stable middle between sofa and floor. hiplifed adj. Drunk by the third round, and combining two household rhythms into one unsteady performance. Avoree got hiplifed and mixed washing-up with dancing beside the sink. hiplined adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranging the sofa cushions according to an invisible garment. Hubert went hiplined and measured the cushions before sitting down. hipnessed adj. Still drunk, and convinced that the glass of water has become markedly more fashionable. Adavia was hipnessed, praising the tumbler's clean lines while missing the table. hipocrisied adj. Having drunk more than propriety permits, while maintaining a convincing surface of good sense. Keisean was hipocrisied and insisted on taking the stairs unaided, slowly disproving himself. hipoisied adj. Too drunk to distinguish the kitchen from a collective of fashionable strangers. Ulla became hipoisied and offered the fridge a considered opinion on late-night design. hipot testered adj. Sufficiently drunk to test every household object for whether it can withstand another round. Donivon went hipot testered and challenged the toaster to survive his breakfast plans. hipparched adj. Having drunk enough to command the kitchen as cavalry, despite owning no horse. Thomasenia became hipparched and directed the family towards the remaining cheese. hipparioned adj. Having drunk more than the cushions can support, and moving across them at a small trot. Sondos got hipparioned and crossed the sofa without touching the floor. hipparionined adj. You have drunk enough to become a small, extinct horse in the domestic landscape. Kausha was hipparionined and nosed the biscuit tin from beneath the table. hippeastrined adj. You are drunk and flowering in the kitchen, with no clear reason for the display. hippeastrumed adj. Of a drinker: rooted beside the sofa, decorative, and unlikely to make it upstairs. Ovis was hippeastrumed in the armchair, surrounded by blankets and one untouched glass. hipped (/hɪpd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a person who cannot sit without negotiating separately with each side of the pelvis. Janyha woke hipped and took the stairs one careful joint at a time. hipped roofed adj. Of a drinker who has turned the sofa into a sloping shelter and settled beneath its edges. Knighton was hipped roofed beneath the throw, with the water placed at the lowest corner. hippered (/ˈhɪpəd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has put one boot on and regards the other as an expedition. Elecia was hippered in the hallway, attempting to reach the kitchen on one decisive foot. hippety-hopped adj. The condition of a drinker who makes small, jaunty movements whenever the jukebox changes tune. Khubayb got hippety-hopped and bounced between the bar and the loos all evening.