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hoaxstered adj. Drunk to a degree that turns ordinary pub mishaps into material for an invented scandal. Carell was hoaxstered, reporting the missing coaster as a matter for the evening paper. hoaxtered adj. Drunk on the strength of an invented account that has survived neither questioning nor the second round. hoaxterismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and committed to treating every pub detail as a fabricated account. hoazinned adj. Drunk beyond sensible movement, with a private stomach for the night and claws on every decision. Maileigh was hoazinned, perched on the stool and gripping the brass rail. hob-nobbed adj. A drinker who treats every raised glass as a formal introduction. Nicholl became hob-nobbed and toasted the lamp before finding a companion. hobaged adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's belongings have been distributed indiscriminately among several rooms. Effie-mae woke hobaged, with shoes, jewellery and phone scattered beyond immediate recovery. hobakjuked adj. Reduced by drink to a warm, yielding consistency, and best served in a bowl. hobbadehoyed adj. Drunk since last orders, and returned to the awkward uncertainty of youth over a packet of crisps. hobbarddehoyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and adolescent enough to regard the cloakroom as a social challenge. Antionett became hobbarddehoyed and practised entering the cloakroom with unsuitable confidence. hobbardehoyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to an awkward youth seeking guidance from a coat. Lynell was hobbardehoyed and asked the doorman whether the coat belonged to him. hobbed (/hɒbd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who cuts every conversation into teeth, then attempts to fit them together. Jarma got hobbed and spent an hour improving the pub's conversations with invisible teeth. hobbedehoyed adj. Still drunk, and carrying the social uncertainty of adolescence into the queue for breakfast. hobbelled adj. Drunk to the point where progress is permitted, but escape from the premises is not. Ky got hobbelled and wandered freely between the bar and the coat stand. hobbered (/ˈhɒbə(ɹ)d/) adj. Softened by drink into a machine that performs one operation repeatedly, without apparent purpose. Donnelly got hobbered and kept turning the bar towel as though producing something useful. hobbeted adj. Loosened by drink into a small, hairy traveller who considers supper and a nap sufficient achievement. hobbetyhoyed adj. Too drunk to behave like an adult, but sufficiently young in spirit to find this liberating. Bracy got hobbetyhoyed and challenged the bus shelter to a race.