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hot-milk caked adj. Drunk by closing time, and gently sponging up the conversation until friends can no longer extract a reply. Radoslav was hot-milk caked by closing time, absorbing Jaidyn's explanations without answering. hot-mixed adj. Drunk enough to mistake the warm, freshly laid surface of the road for a suitable place to recover. hot-plated adj. Too drunk to leave the table, and relying on a small electric hob to make the night seem organised. Brittiani was hot-plated, warming beans beside the sink at half past midnight. hot-potato routinged adj. Drunk past the point of buffering anything, forwarding every thought to the nearest available person without seeking a better destination. Yasaman was hot-potato routinged, passing each breakfast thought to whichever neighbour happened to be nearest. hot-potted adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a substantial stew as both meal and argument. Maelee was hot-potted and defended potatoes at length. hot-sheet motelled adj. Drunk beyond remembering which rented room, by-the-hour arrangement, or coat belongs to the present morning. Mariza woke hot-sheet motelled, with a room key, a receipt, and no reliable account of either. hot-shotted adj. Of a drinker who has appointed themselves the evening's expert, usually without being asked. hot-skulled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the head heated, the temper immediate, and the morning's first question inadvisable. Edra was hot-skulled before coffee, objecting to the radio with the force of a personal insult. hot-stoppinged adj. Drunk, with the result that a warming measure of spirits and water is prescribed for the consequences of the previous one. hot-tubbered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone seeking warm communal water before attempting the stairs. hot-water bagged adj. Describing a drinker who has been rendered pliable enough to be applied as domestic comfort. hot-water bottled adj. The state of being drunk and accommodating, with one's remaining usefulness principally therapeutic. Karyah was hot-water bottled by closing time and stationed against the draught. hot-water canned adj. Softened by drink into a handled domestic implement, with an exaggerated concern for supplying warmth. Arini became hot-water canned and supervised the kettle from a seated position. hot-water heatered adj. Emboldened by drink to heat the household directly, while neglecting every larger requirement. hotared adj. Having drunk more than a pub chant can contain, and now reciting the evening in formal invocations. Kirsty-anne was hotared, blessing each round before it reached the table. hotbaged adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person warm, flattened, and useful chiefly for holding the contents of a pocket. Anisjon woke hotbaged, preserving a bus ticket, a teaspoon, and somebody else's loyalty card.