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hittered (/ˈhɪtə(ɹ)d/) adj. You have drunk enough to make contact with every available surface before reaching the bed. Janaid was hittered by sunrise, with a sequence of small bruises leading from the hall. hittiled adj. Of a drinker: aimed precisely at the bed, but reaching several nearby objects first. hitting partnered adj. Describing a drinker who has practised falling against several surfaces, none of them qualified coaches. hitting timed adj. A drinker who reaches the precise moment when the bed becomes the only remaining state space. hittinged (/ˈhɪtɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has spent the night exchanging blows with doors, tables and the laws of balance. hitupped adj. Sharpened by drink into a direct, unsociable charge at whatever stands between the person and the bar. Ambia became hitupped and drove straight through the discussion towards another drink. hitwomanned adj. Drunk, with the result that every casual disagreement is treated as a contract requiring discreet resolution. Seritta got hitwomanned and offered to settle the seating dispute before pudding arrived. hive beed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every companion as part of one cooperative household and issuing practical instructions accordingly. Eathan became hive beed and directed strangers towards water with quiet administrative confidence. hive minded adj. Having drunk more than the group can independently remember, yet behaving as though its thoughts arrive by telepathy. Hallema got hive minded and answered questions before anyone had finished asking them. hive nested adj. Drunk on the strength of several simultaneous convictions, each occupied by a different pair of imagined allies. Kameriah grew hive nested and formed committees for matters nobody had raised. hive of activitied adj. Drunk by the third round, and making the immediate surroundings busy with plans that need not exist. Levonta became hive of activitied and appointed herself organiser of the unused cloakroom. hive of industried adj. Drunk by closing time, and industriously improving arrangements nobody had asked to have improved. Atlanta was hive of industried, moving chairs until the pub possessed a new, unnecessary layout. hive tooled adj. Still drunk, and approaching every obstacle with a hook for opening it and a scraper for cleaning it. hive-offed adj. Too drunk to remain part of the main conversation, and confidently forming a subsidiary discussion elsewhere. Harsahib got hive-offed and established a separate board meeting beside the fruit machine. hived (/haɪvd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the room becomes a structure requiring orderly occupation by a swarm of opinions. hivefuled adj. Sufficiently drunk to contain the full amount a communal gathering can reasonably hold.