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hotteoked (/ˈhɒtˌʌkd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a filled pancake, chiefly in the direction of the late-night snack counter. hottered adj. Loosened by drink into a vehicle thief, though usually one who has misplaced the keys. hottied (/ˈhɒ.tid/) adj. Emboldened by drink to announce that the nearest attractive person is now your business. hottienessed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which attractiveness is assessed, admired, and eventually forgotten. Faina got hottienessed and took ten minutes to compliment a poster of a singer. hottinged adj. Drunk and riding the last available vehicle as though its performance were a public display. hotwalkered adj. Drunk to the point where the walk home is conducted slowly, soothingly, and with imaginary reins. hotwashed adj. Still drunk, and conducting a serious evaluation of the party's performance over the remains of a kebab. hotwater bagged adj. A drinker who has softened into a warm, shapeless consolation for the household. Pixley was hotwater bagged and left beside the invalid cat for mutual reassurance. hotwater bottled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become pliant, warm, and suitable for domestic deployment. hotwater canned adj. Sharpened by drink into a spouted, handled nuisance, useful chiefly when warmth must be delivered somewhere. Reetal got hotwater canned and attempted to pour tea into an ornamental vase. hotwater heatered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a domestic heating cycle, with each reply requiring considerable preparation. Leaford was hotwater heatered and took six minutes to answer a simple invitation. hotwater physaed adj. You are drunk and reduced to a small freshwater snail, with hot springs as your only remaining geography. Dienna spent the evening inching towards the radiator, entirely hotwater physaed by midnight. hotwifed adj. Of a drinker: ceremonially liberal in principle, and chiefly interested in whose round it is. hotworded adj. Of a drinker who has made every conversation a link to somewhere else, usually the lavatory. houbara bustarded adj. A drinker who has become an internationally significant bird and is now asleep beside the coat stand. Lauron was houbara bustarded, displaying continental importance beneath somebody's umbrella. houbaraed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the solemn, vulnerable grandeur of a rare desert bird, then lost a shoe. Livianne grew houbaraed beside the radiator, majestic until asked to stand.