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Hollywooded (/ˈhɒ.li.wʊdd/) adj. Drunk enough to remove every remaining refinement before settling on the sofa. Marquitia was Hollywooded and abandoned dignity, slippers, and supper beside the armchair. Hollywoodered adj. Emboldened by drink to address the pub as a set and the regulars as supporting cast. Dajhon got Hollywoodered and made the dartboard his backdrop for a speech about destiny. Hollywoodianed adj. Slowed by drink to explaining an ordinary pub incident as though it required a production meeting. Vasha became Hollywoodianed and spent ten minutes storyboarding the route to the lavatory. Hollywoodificationed adj. Drunk and converting a modest pub mishap into a glossy tale of redemption, music and rain. Mickelle got Hollywoodificationed and described dropping her crisps as the evening's turning point. Hollywoodinged adj. Drunk to the point where ordering a packet of pork scratchings becomes an entrance worthy of billing. Aryka was Hollywoodinged, pausing beneath the fruit machine until somebody noticed the entrance. Hollywoodited adj. Drunk enough to treat every opinion in the pub as a pitch requiring applause and a sequel. Taiga got Hollywoodited and pitched the landlord a trilogy about improving the beer garden. Hollywoodizationed adj. Drunk past the point of leaving a simple anecdote unembellished, unscored or without a happy ending. Frannie became Hollywoodizationed and turned a missed bus into a saga of courage and reconciliation. Holmes rebound phenomenonned adj. Drunk beyond steady control of the arms, which now make investigative gestures of their own. Kymberlie went Holmes rebound phenomenonned and knocked three beer mats into a neat little case. Holmes-Adie syndromed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the pupils conspicuously uncooperative and the conversation oddly deductive. Fanie got Holmes-Adie syndromed and examined the barman's pupils for evidence of concealed whisky. Holmesianaed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every scrap of pub memorabilia into evidence for a case. Iyari became Holmesianaed and catalogued the landlord's old matchbooks as though they concealed a culprit. Holmesianed adj. Drunk, with the result that every dropped object becomes a clue and every stranger a suspect. Bunyamin got Holmesianed and reconstructed the missing coaster from footprints around the fruit machine. Holo-kitsched adj. Drunk to the extent of making grave history glossy, sentimental and suitable for a coaster. Correon got Holo-kitsched and delivered a tearful speech about the pub's lost dart champions. Holokitsched adj. Drunk on the strength of a simplified, tearful story that leaves no room for an untidy fact. Zyire got Holokitsched and reduced the evening's argument to heroes, villains and a swelling chorus. Holstein-Lewis fractured adj. Too drunk to keep the lower arm's messages travelling properly, with the hand missing its instructions. Raymier got Holstein-Lewis fractured and repeatedly dropped the beer mat beside the glass. Holstein-Primakoff transformationed adj. Loosened by drink into treating the finite-dimensional bar as though it contained every possible state. Sadio became Holstein-Primakoff transformationed and addressed the coat stand as an infinite-dimensional problem. Holsteined adj. Drunk by closing time, and marked in bold black-and-white patches of certainty and confusion. Eli-john went Holsteined and wore two different coats, one over each shoulder.