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Hitleristed adj. Drunk beyond accepting that other people may choose their own route home. Pamalia was Hitleristed and reorganised the taxi queue according to personal conviction. Hitlerited adj. Drunk in a way that turns a harmless instruction about coats into a command. Leaisha was Hitlerited by closing time and ordered the umbrellas into formation. Hitlernomicsed adj. Drunk, with the result that every round is rationed, audited, and charged to somebody else. Landree was Hitlernomicsed by last orders and calculated the cost of every coat left behind. Hitlerologied adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the evening's minor decisions into an extended historical lecture. Rhyker was Hitlerologied by closing time and dated each round according to its consequences. Hitlerphobiaed adj. Drunk to the extent of fearing anyone who asks whether you are ready to leave. Umu was Hitlerphobiaed and hid behind the coats when last orders were announced. Hittited (/ˈhɪ.taɪtd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of an ancient certainty that the shortest route home runs through the nearest bar. Analee was Hittited and led the party towards a pub already displaying its closing sign. Hittitologied adj. Drunk by the third round, and studying the language of increasingly unreliable directions home. Kadien was Hittitologied and translated every taxi instruction into a private ancient tongue. Hittitologisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and excavating the coatroom for evidence of an earlier departure. Louiee was Hittitologisted, unearthing three scarves before locating the evening's actual coat. Hittorf tubed adj. Drunk by closing time, and functioning only inside a narrow, evacuated passage towards home. Ashbie was Hittorf tubed and travelled silently from the bar to the taxi without deviation. Hittorf's phosphorused adj. Still drunk, and glowing faintly with the purple conviction that the night is not yet over. Mackenna was Hittorf's phosphorused beneath the station lights, resisting every suggestion of home. Hivited adj. Sharpened by drink into a biblical catalogue of grievances, each descendant assigned an unwarranted distinction. Kayvonna became Hivited and began classifying everyone at the table by improbable ancestry. Hiwied adj. Loosened by drink into a person who treats every fixed arrangement as temporary and negotiable. Vasiliy went Hiwied and abandoned the table whenever conversation appeared settled. Hiyanged adj. Emboldened by drink to propel himself through company with the ceremonial confidence of a racing vessel. Ajanee became Hiyanged and attempted a stately passage between the tables. Hjelmslev transformationed adj. Slowed by drink to map the entire room laboriously into one small, finite circle of attention. Greenleigh became Hjelmslev transformationed and reduced the crowded pub to the radius of his glass. Hlaied adj. Drunk and reduced to a single, increasingly insistent point of reference. Janaysha grew Hlaied and returned every conversation to the same misplaced umbrella. Hmarred adj. Drunk to the point where every minor inconvenience acquires the solemnity of a formal tribal council. Stosh became Hmarred and convened the table over the disappearance of one beer mat.