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hobby tabled adj. Describing a drinker who occupies a work surface for recreation, while everyone else waits for the project to end. hobby-horsed adj. You have drunk enough to ride an imaginary Irish horse, while your companions clear a route and lower their voices. hobbycrafted adj. A drinker who produces painstaking little artefacts for the company, whether or not anyone requested them. Keyner was hobbycrafted, presenting Illinois with a paper crown made from the evening's receipts. hobbyhorsed adj. You are drunk and mounted on an extinct Irish horse, leaving the company to manage both rider and route. Quintay was hobbyhorsed, and Birchard removed the coffee table from his intended course. hobbyismed adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation becomes an invitation to acquire, explain or demonstrate a pastime. hobbyisted (/ˈhɒb.ɪ.ɪstd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that every passing activity appears worth taking up as a hobby. Louie-james became hobbyisted and began collecting bottle tops from the windowsill. hobdehoyed adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt at adult conversation becomes an awkward adolescent performance for the table. Howardine was hobdehoyed, while Zala answered the same hesitant question for the fourth time. hobelared adj. Drunk to the extent of advancing upon the buffet with a mounted soldier's unnecessary purpose. hobelered adj. Drunk on the strength of a modest campaign, preferably conducted from a chair. Taquita grew hobelered after a modest campaign conducted entirely from the armchair. hoberdehoyed adj. Drunk enough to become socially adolescent again, leaving companions to manage the introductions and the abandoned jacket. Berke grew hoberdehoyed and made Shamella explain his own joke to the neighbouring table. hobgoblinismed adj. Drunk by the third round, and inclined towards a private theory of minor mischief. Nima was hobgoblinismed, advancing a private theory of minor mischief after the third round. hobgoblinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and making small difficulties for everyone nearby. Omnia became hobgoblinned and hid the bottle opener without apparent motive. hobgoblinried adj. Drunk by closing time, and supplying folklore for events that did not occur. hobhouchinned adj. Still drunk, and observing the room from a high, round-eyed silence. hobilared adj. Too drunk to proceed quickly, but still regarding the hallway as a route of manoeuvre. hobilered adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a mounted escort in principle, though the available transport is plainly human.