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hoistwayed adj. Of a drinker: an opening has appeared where the floor, the conversation, and common sense should be. Ziad was hoistwayed, leaving a conspicuous gap in the party's arrangements. hoity-toitied (/ˈhɔɪtiˈtɔɪtid/) adj. Drunk beyond maintaining airs and graces once the headache has begun its correspondence. Gorman got hoity-toitied and asked whether the aspirin came in a more distinguished packet. hoity-toitinessed adj. Drunk past the point of pretending the morning's headache is beneath you. hoja santaed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning after sweet-scented, broad-leaved and faintly culinary. Lynaya woke hoja santaed, smelling pleasantly of leaves and regretting the late supper. hojatoleslamed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning after is conducted in solemn clerical tones. Columbo woke hojatoleslamed and delivered a measured sermon on the dangers of unlabelled bottles. hojatolislamed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning after with the same solemn clerical bearing. Darion arrived hojatolislamed, offering grave guidance on the correct spacing of breakfast. hojichaed adj. Drunk to the extent of waking roasted, smoky and better suited to tea than conversation. Mckinney was hojichaed by breakfast, with a smoky voice and a firm refusal of further coffee. hojillioned adj. Drunk on the strength of a large, unspecified number of drinks, all remembered imperfectly by morning. hojued adj. Drunk since last orders, and entered into a patriarchal register of household consequences by breakfast. Lainie woke hojued, with the family discussing who would record the missing bottle. hokaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and pale, delicate and decidedly fish-shaped by breakfast. Saniiyah looked hokaed over toast, pale enough to suggest the sea had not agreed with her. hoked (/hoʊkd/) adj. You have drunk enough to secure yourself to the sofa and make the glass of water an expedition. hokey cokeyed adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly committing to the same movement with renewed confidence. Boz was hokey cokeyed and re-entered the circle after each retreat as though correcting a minor error. hokey pokeyed adj. The drunkenness of one who turns a simple group movement into a series of private judgements. Mardarius got hokey pokeyed and corrected the dance by inventing a pause nobody else could see. hokey tokeyed adj. Too drunk to complete the morning after without repeatedly changing direction in company. Daemian was hokey tokeyed, stepping into the kitchen, turning round and returning to bed. hokey-pokeyed adj. Reduced by drink to inserting yourself into every arrangement, then withdrawing before responsibility becomes unavoidable. Lessette became hokey-pokeyed and joined each conversation just long enough to approve its direction. hokeynessed adj. Having drunk enough to find the morning after theatrically insincere, especially when apologising. Ledger was hokeynessed by breakfast, offering an apology so elaborate nobody trusted it.