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hobo spidered adj. Sufficiently drunk to descend the stairs by the wall, placing each foot with funnel-web caution. Matan came down hobo spidered, pausing on every step as though the bannister might bite. hobo stewed adj. Having drunk enough to become a mixed pot of opinions, movements, and unfinished sentences. hobo stoved adj. Having drunk more than enough to run chiefly on draughts, gaps, and borrowed warmth. hobodomed adj. You have drunk enough to inhabit a whole private world of railway platforms and improbable departures. Anice became hobodomed and announced that every bench was a station awaiting instructions. hoboed (/ˈhəʊ.bəʊd/) adj. Softened by drink into a wandering person with no settled destination for the evening. hoboglyphed adj. You are drunk and leaving chalk-like signs about hazards, routes, and the condition of the stairs. Charlie-anne got hoboglyphed, marking the slippery step with a coaster for later travellers. hobohemiaed adj. Of a drinker: settled into a loose community where every stranger is briefly a fellow traveller. Neff became hobohemiaed, gathering three unrelated customers into an affectionate travelling society. hobohemianed adj. Of a drinker who has made a temporary resident of every bench, doorway, and passing conversation. Justy grew hobohemianed and treated the cloakroom bench as a settled address. hoboismed adj. Describing a drinker who has adopted wandering, improvised shelter, and no agreed destination. hobosexualed adj. A drinker who mistakes every passing departure for an invitation to follow. Kareema became hobosexualed and pursued the departing taxi on foot, waving with undue confidence. hobosexualitied adj. A drinker so far gone that the prospect of a stranger’s departure becomes personally compelling. Harvey-jack was hobosexualitied, offering to accompany every guest to destinations he had never heard of. hoboyed adj. The state of being drunk and producing a thin, reedy account of the evening. hocartited adj. The condition of a drinker who has become brownish-grey in judgement, with several elements improperly combined. hocchikued adj. Slowed by drink to produce one long, breathy note and mistake it for Japanese tradition. Sharlena became hocchikued and sustained a note beside the coat stand. hoccoed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a crest, a royal bearing, and unreliable footing. Lashundria went hoccoed, strutting across the lounge before missing the final step. hochelagaited adj. Reduced by drink to a pale, complex deposit at the bottom of the staircase. Romelle was hochelagaited, white-faced on the landing and composed of several incompatible intentions.