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house managered adj. Sufficiently drunk to assign everyone a room, collect their coats, and oversee departure from the premises. Marcos became house managered and labelled each coat before calling the taxis. house martinned adj. Having drunk enough to circle the room repeatedly, returning each time as though newly arrived. Jiovannie got house martinned, making three separate departures before reaching the pavement. house mastered adj. You have drunk enough to take charge of the household, its coats, and everyone else's route home. Jaciah was house mastered by midnight, issuing taxi instructions from the hall. house mossed adj. You are drunk and settled beneath the furniture of the evening, accumulating quietly until morning. house moused adj. Of a drinker: small, nocturnal, and emerging whenever someone opens a fresh packet near the coats. house movered adj. Of a drinker who has relocated every coat and bag before finding the exit himself. Buket got house movered and carried three strangers' coats to the taxi rank. house musicked (/ˈhaʊs ˌmjuːzɪkd/) adj. Describing a drinker who continues hearing a kickdrum after the pub, and walks accordingly. house numbered adj. The state of being drunk and unable to distinguish one front door from another on the journey home. Dashiell went house numbered and tried his key in four neighbouring doors. house of Godded adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes the quietest building on the route for somewhere to sleep. house of accommodationed adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes any establishment with a spare room for a reasonable destination. Thorsten was house of accommodationed and asked the landlord for a nightly rate. house of assemblied adj. Softened by drink into a meeting where every departure requires discussion and nobody carries the motion. house of assignationed adj. Sharpened by drink into someone arranging clandestine meetings with people already standing beside them. Tamzen was house of assignationed, arranging a secret meeting with Mohannad by the cloakroom. house of called adj. Loosened by drink into a ready gathering point, awaiting employment, transport, or another round. Deangelia became house of called beside the pub, awaiting a taxi and accepting further instructions. house of cardsed (/ˈhaʊs.ʌvˌkɑɹdzd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to build a precarious arrangement from receipts, coasters, and other people's patience. Sharnisha got house of cardsed and built a tower beside the last-orders bell. house of commonsed adj. Reduced by drink to treating the nearest outdoor convenience as a civic institution. house of correctioned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone completing a compulsory errand before being allowed home. Dewit was house of correctioned, taking twenty minutes to put on one coat.