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holdered (/ˈhəʊldəd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every available surface is treated as something to hold. Ryoko became holdered, clutching the sofa arm, a mug and one unclaimed slipper. holdershipped adj. Softened by drink into possessing rights over the sofa, the remote and the last clean glass. Lakyia grew holdershipped and claimed the blanket as household property. holdfasted adj. Sharpened by drink into a firm attachment to the sofa, from which ordinary persuasion cannot release you. Kaidon became holdfasted beneath the blanket and missed the entire kitchen clean-up. holdfastnessed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose attachment to the sofa is secure only in theory. holding actioned adj. Slowed by drink to a defensive shuffle between the sofa and the kitchen, preventing all further activity. holding celled adj. Drunk and temporarily confined to the sofa, pending water, breakfast or a decision about the night. Shaniquah was holding celled on the sofa until the kitchen became safe to enter. holding charged adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa has placed you in temporary custody until morning. Altheda was holding charged beside the cushions, with water entered as supporting evidence. holding companied adj. Drunk by closing time, and appointing the sofa to own every remaining domestic decision. holding dealed adj. Drunk past the point of leaving the sofa, having agreed an exclusive arrangement with it until breakfast. Jollie became holding dealed and granted the sofa sole rights to the rest of the evening. holding midfieldered adj. Drunk beyond usefulness, stationed between the sofa and kitchen to prevent either side from advancing. Tazio was holding midfieldered in the doorway, intercepting anyone carrying water. holding noted adj. Drunk in a way that sustains one domestic complaint while the rest of the evening changes around it. Thomas-james remained holding noted on the sofa, repeating the matter of the missing coaster. holding patterned adj. Drunk, with the result that you circle the sofa and kitchen indefinitely, awaiting a landing at bedtime. Shainah became holding patterned, making repeated circuits between the water and the cushions. holding tanked adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the nearest receptacle into a destination for every liquid decision. Ressa went holding tanked and regarded the kitchen basin with unwarranted confidence. holding the balled adj. A drinker so far gone that every tackle becomes an invitation to keep possession and argue the free kick. Annaliya was holding the balled, shielding her pint as though the bar staff were tackling her. holding timed adj. The state of being drunk and measuring the evening from collection of the sample to the start of its analysis. Dilys was holding timed, insisting the blood test could wait until after another half. holdinged (/[ˈhəʊɫdɪŋ]d/) adj. Emboldened by drink to regard every item in the kitchen as personal property awaiting collection.