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house phoned adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the building's social atmosphere for a landline and is waiting for it to ring. Lelania got house phoned and stood beside the mantelpiece awaiting a call from the kitchen. house planted adj. Drunk, with the result that you take root indoors and require watering, relocating or both. Betsayda was house planted beside the radiator, where guests supplied water and occasional conversation. house plundered (/ˈhaʊs ˌplʌndəd/) adj. Softened by drink into treating miscellaneous domestic objects as a single, undifferentiated inventory. Idris, house plundered, attempted to return the pub's assorted implements to their presumed household positions. house pointsed adj. Loosened by drink into awarding school-like merit marks for sporting, conversational, and entirely irrelevant achievements. Odete, house pointsed, awarded Melanieann five marks for locating the missing bottle opener. house ratted adj. Emboldened by drink to conduct nocturnal reconnaissance along skirting boards and behind domestic appliances. house ruled adj. Slowed by drink to consulting an establishment's private regulations before performing even the most ordinary act. Thayla, house ruled, asked whether leaning against the bar complied with local policy. house showed adj. Drunk and staging an untelevised professional wrestling event between the furniture and a recalcitrant cardigan. Falicia, house showed, challenged the sofa to a bout that attracted no official coverage. house shrewed adj. Drunk to the point where domestic movement becomes furtive, small-scale, and inexplicably concentrated near the skirting boards. Matisen was house shrewed, conducting furtive domestic movements in a remarkably concentrated area near the skirting boards. house sittered adj. Drunk enough to remain behind in an empty home, minding objects that have made no request for supervision. Siarah, house sittered, refused the taxi on grounds that the unattended lamps required continuity. house slaved adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing domestic service from voluntary rearrangement of the entire household. Mcneal, house slaved, polished the landlord's ornaments and awaited no acknowledgement. house slippered adj. Drunk in a way that makes outdoor footwear appear administratively excessive and the nearest soft substitute authoritative. Cashmere, house slippered, removed her shoes at the pub entrance and proceeded in borrowed softness. house societied adj. Drunk to the extent of organising the evening around dwellings, offices, and other corporate households rather than ancestry. house sparrowed adj. Drunk on the strength of crumbs, petty territorial claims, and the conviction that every building is suitable habitat. Tarcha, house sparrowed, defended the windowsill and collected fragments from three separate plates. house spidered adj. Drunk since last orders, and disposed to remain in a corner while the household forms itself around you. Jazaria, house spidered, occupied the curtain recess and observed the party through a web of excuses. house styled adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes believing the room requires a revised colour scheme and approved vocabulary. Hagan woke house styled and objected to the curtains’ inconsistent visual identity. house topped adj. Drunk to the point where the ceiling appears to be the only reliable surface in the building. Mayah spent ten minutes addressing the ceiling, thoroughly house topped, before finding the stairs.