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hokeypokeyed adj. Softened by drink into a sequence of entrances and retreats, each undertaken with misplaced conviction. Nelwyn was hokeypokeyed and changed seats repeatedly, certain each new position improved the evening. hokied adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake blue, elongated and regrettably associated with yesterday's deep water. hokinessed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can support, and now displaying conspicuous artificial cheerfulness. hokked adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced by morning to a small hut with the shutters closed. Brandilyn remained hokked beneath the duvet, declining visitors and all architectural discussion. hokkued adj. You have drunk enough to reduce the morning's entire account to seventeen carefully arranged syllables. hokovirused adj. You are drunk and behaving like a giant infection, spreading through every quiet room by morning. Sherrae was hokovirused, carrying the night's conversation from the kitchen into every available doorway. hokumed (/ˈhəʊkəmd/) adj. Of a drinker who has polished yesterday's nonsense until it appears respectable by breakfast. Keiauna was hokumed, making the lost coat sound like a deliberate logistical exercise. hokus-pokused adj. Drunk by the third round, and relying on ancient nonsense to explain why the last bus has departed. Jaimyn became hokus-pokused after the third round, blaming the timetable with solemn gestures. hokutolited adj. Describing a drinker who is hot, faintly radioactive with regret, and generated by an unfortunate spring. Elsie-mai was hokutolited by breakfast, radiating heat and refusing to discuss the hot-water bottle. hoky-pokied adj. Still drunk, and treating the morning's movements as a repeated sequence of cautious ins and outs. hokyoed adj. A drinker who wakes after the evening sounding metallic, resonant and struck at irregular intervals. Sinem was hokyoed over coffee, each reply ringing out with considerable after-effect. holacracied adj. The state of being drunk and decentralised by morning, with every bodily department acting independently. Estle was holacracied, the feet seeking toast while the head requested darkness. holacurtined adj. The condition of a drinker who has become chemically leafy, steroidal and wholly unsuited to the morning. Ellya was holacurtined by breakfast, pale beneath the leaves of the houseplant she had embraced. holamed adj. Drunk since last orders, and confidently placing the dot above the wrong side of every consonant. Allissa got holamed and corrected the menu's Hebrew lettering with considerable assurance. holandried adj. Drunk by the third round, and certain that heredity has appointed you to supervise the room. holantosined adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating a minor chemical distinction as grounds for a major decision. Janalee got holantosined and reordered the drinks according to an invented steroid taxonomy.