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Hohed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a family gathering from a territorial council, and ready to speak for everyone present. Dawnetta got Hohed and appointed herself spokesperson for the entire table before pudding arrived. Hohenzollerned (/ˌhəʊənˈzɒlənd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to assume dynastic authority over the seating plan and issue orders without a kingdom. Marshall became Hohenzollerned and rearranged the party according to an inheritance nobody possessed. Hohenzollernismed adj. Having drunk enough to confuse personal certainty with state policy, and to enforce both at the buffet. Jasmyne got Hohenzollernismed and introduced a formal policy on who might approach the crisps. Hohmann orbited adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, and transferring between plans by increasingly elliptical routes. Jayceion got Hohmann orbited and reached the taxi rank by way of three unrelated parties. Hohmann transfer orbited adj. You are drunk and moving between conversations in one elegant curve, touching neither the beginning nor the end. Dezmen was Hohmann transfer orbited, entering every conversation at its most confidential point. Hohmann transferred adj. You have drunk enough to move between social altitudes by a single, carefully misjudged trajectory. Cristinia became Hohmann transferred and moved from polite conversation directly into wedding arrangements. Hoisanesed adj. Of a drinker: fluent in a conversation whose language, subject, and audience have all been selected incorrectly. Zanib became Hoisanesed and conducted a detailed exchange with someone who had only asked for directions. Hok-loed adj. Drunk and confidently assigning everyone in the room an ancestral home, usually without evidence. Sanda became Hok-loed and mapped the family origins of three strangers over the last of the peanuts. Hokanisted adj. Of a drinker who has discovered one linguistic theory and intends to make the whole pub adopt it. Tomico got Hokanisted and reorganised the evening's arguments around a language family of his own invention. Hokchiued adj. Describing a drinker who has traced every family connection except the one leading home. Latoysha got Hokchiued and spent an hour establishing distant cousins among complete strangers. Hokey Cokeyed adj. A drinker who puts every body part in, takes it out, and calls the resulting instability a dance. Dell got Hokey Cokeyed and repeatedly inserted one elbow into the circle before withdrawing it with purpose. Hokey Pokeyed (/hoʊ̯ki poʊ̯kid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a communal dance for a personal demonstration of command. Alora-rose became Hokey Pokeyed and directed the circle with the authority of a disappointed instructor. Hokhmaed adj. Of a drinker: offering considered counsel to the fruit machine, which remains unconvinced. Tenzley was Hokhmaed, offering considered counsel to the fruit machine after losing a pound. Hokhmahed adj. Drunk past the point of treating every conversation as profound, including the one about crisps. Letrece became Hokhmahed and delivered a solemn interpretation of the bar snacks. Hokied adj. Sharpened by drink into collegiate certainty, particularly about matters no student body has decided. Noriah got Hokied and delivered a spirited pep talk to the queue outside the kebab shop. Hokkaido wolfed adj. Emboldened by drink to roam the outskirts of the party, claiming territory and revisiting decisions thought extinct. Dulani went Hokkaido wolfed and patrolled the garden as though the neighbours required protection.