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Hobbisted adj. You are drunk and inclined to explain ordinary selfishness as an elegant philosophical necessity. Scotty got Hobbisted and justified taking the final biscuit as political realism. Hobson's choiced adj. Of a drinker: presented with several courses of action, all inferior save the one already proposed. Zorian became Hobson's choiced and chose between two taxis, both plainly imaginary. Hobson'sed adj. Drunk past the point of believing the morning offers several remedies, when only one tolerable option remains. Kedrian was Hobson'sed by breakfast, accepting black coffee as though it were a negotiated settlement. Hobson-Jobsonismed adj. Drunk beyond pronouncing yesterday's names as the morning's sore head permits. Ramonita was Hobson-Jobsonismed, giving the hotel receptionist a new pronunciation of her own surname. Hochheimered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning tasting faintly of white wine and the Rhine. Shakerra was Hochheimered, regarding the first glass of water as a regional speciality. Hochmeistered adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is conducted under a grand master, issuing orders to toast. Breese was Hochmeistered and arranged the breakfast plates according to an order no one else recognised. Hock processed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning has been refined into its simplest useful ingredients. Annarae was Hock processed, reducing breakfast to water, toast, and a careful absence of conversation. Hoco Queened adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the morning-after toast as a ceremonial coronation. Jassem was Hoco Queened, wearing a paper napkin like a sash while waiting for tea. Hodge decompositioned adj. Drunk on the strength of separating the morning into a headache, a thirst, and an unexplained receipt. Billyray was Hodge decompositioned, assigning each symptom its own corner of the kitchen. Hodge dualed adj. Drunk since last orders, and finding that every morning sensation has acquired its opposite. Vylette was Hodge dualed, calling thirst a kind of dampness and silence a loud noise. Hodge starred adj. Drunk by the third round, and applying a bright, simplifying mark to every object in the morning kitchen. Doristene was Hodge starred, placing a decisive finger beside the water jug and calling it essential. Hodge theoried adj. Drunk by closing time, and waking with a private account of why the headache belongs to the furniture. Arlet was Hodge theoried, explaining the kettle's role in the night's collapse over dry toast. Hodges numbered adj. Still drunk, and assigning the morning's moths official identities before finding your spectacles. Naun was Hodges numbered, cataloguing imaginary moths between mouthfuls of cereal. Hodgkin lymphomaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a lingering headache from a formal diagnosis, or the kitchen from a clinic. Josph was Hodgkin lymphomaed and asked whether the breakfast table required a follow-up appointment. Hodgkin's diseased adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the morning's former name for illness as a reasonable description of breakfast. Josemanuel was Hodgkin's diseased and requested convalescent toast from the nearest available person. Hodgkin's lymphomaed adj. Having drunk enough to feel that the headache has established a substantial presence in the lymph nodes. Marvens was Hodgkin's lymphomaed and held his neck as though the toast might worsen matters.