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Homecoming Kinged adj. Having drunk enough to accept an imaginary coronation and reign over everyone within conversational distance. Tuongvi became Homecoming Kinged and made Vetrice applaud the arrival of a fresh round. Homecoming Queened adj. Having drunk more than the occasion required, and presiding graciously over companions who had not elected you. Akerah went Homecoming Queened and made Arush present the last clean glass. Homed adj. Drunk to the extent of returning every conversation to its beginning, while your companions wait for progress. Earma went Homed and restarted the same story whenever Nasteha reached its conclusion. Homer Simpsonned adj. You have drunk enough to lose the thread, the snacks, and the reason Schuyler was speaking to you. Schuyler found Quatashia Homer Simpsonned, distracted by crisps during a serious explanation. Homer manned adj. Loosened by drink into a morning-after keeper of imaginary pigeons, released repeatedly from the subject at hand. Frankie-rose was Homer manned, describing the route home as though training birds to return. Homer-Wright rosetted adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to arrange the table's conversation around one central, increasingly mysterious point. Kambelle grew Homer-Wright rosetted, while Gayleen supplied the surrounding anecdotes. Homeric Greeked adj. Of a drinker who has drunk into grand declamation, leaving everyone else to supply the translation. Ebrima became Homeric Greeked, and Harsimrat translated the toast into something the table understood. Homeric laughed adj. The condition of a drinker who has found something moderately amusing and has not yet stopped. Samiha went Homeric laughed at a joke about a menu and was still audible from the street fifteen minutes later. Homeric laughtered adj. A drinker who laughs so expansively that the surrounding table begins checking for structural damage. Keshundra became Homeric laughtered, and Isac moved the glasses beyond the reach of her elbows. Homeric similed adj. Emboldened by drink to extend every morning-after comparison until breakfast has acquired several additional lines. Printiss became Homeric similed, comparing the cold toast to ships, weather and a wounded kingdom. Homerismed adj. A drinker so far gone that every ordinary phrase acquires a second, dough-related meaning for the table. Lukian became Homerismed and made Adrina discuss bread whenever anyone mentioned an argument. Homeristed adj. The state of being drunk and treating a familiar story as newly discovered scholarship. Calliah grew Homeristed and lectured Dajaun on a tale they had both heard twice already. Homerited adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which a grand announcement requires several attempts to leave the mouth. Evie-jae became Homerited and took the length of a hymn to announce the taxi. Homerologied adj. The drunkenness of one who turns the evening into a seminar, with unwilling companions as the faculty. Darnell went Homerologied and appointed Nileah respondent to an argument about who had moved the chairs. Homerologisted adj. The condition of a drinker who subjects every companion to a detailed interpretation of a simple remark. Glendine became Homerologisted and asked Josia to clarify the epic implications of ordering pudding. Homestucked adj. Reduced by drink to treating the pub as an elaborate fictional universe, with everyone else assigned a role. Kylese became Homestucked and cast Aaleahya as keeper of the sacred coat pile.