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Johnny no matesed adj. Of a drinker who has misplaced the party, the invitations and most available companions. Avah went Johnny no matesed and spent half an hour befriending the coat stand. Johnny on a ponied adj. Describing a drinker who has become the entire apparatus of a playground game. Shanteria was Johnny on a ponied, crouched while three cousins climbed aboard. Johnny on the ponied adj. A drinker who has been reduced to a human platform, with the dignity of a playground. Michaela was Johnny on the ponied, bearing children across the sitting room. Johnny one-noted adj. Emboldened by drink to express one view repeatedly, including to people who share it. Taziyah went Johnny one-noted and explained the virtues of punctuality to the clock. Johnny onionsed adj. A drinker so far gone that the bicycle becomes a respectable method of agricultural commerce. Lafrance was Johnny onionsed, pedalling carefully while offering produce to strangers. Johnny rooked adj. The state of being drunk and circling the room with the solemn purpose of a tropical bird. Venie was Johnny rooked, surveying the buffet from the back of a chair. Johnny-come-latelied (/ˌdʒɒni.kʌmˈleɪtlid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who arrives at the conclusion after everyone else has gone home. Mouhammad was Johnny-come-latelied, applauding a joke whose teller had already left. Johnny-jump-upped adj. Reduced by drink to making small, cheerful appearances wherever the furniture permits. Jaylian went Johnny-jump-upped, rising repeatedly from behind the armchair to greet people. Johnny-on-the-spotted adj. Softened by drink into being conveniently present, particularly beside the wrong cupboard. Jubayer was Johnny-on-the-spotted, available immediately when nobody needed a hand. Johnny-one-noted adj. Slowed by drink to one carefully repeated opinion, delivered between lengthy pauses. Justin-lee became Johnny-one-noted and took two minutes to praise one brand of biscuits. Johnson barred adj. Drunk and reinforced against ordinary movement, particularly near a doorway. Zahmir stood Johnson barred across the hall, providing structural support to nobody. Johnson grassed adj. Drunk to the point where every spare corner appears suitable for vigorous, unwanted growth. Nikima became Johnson grassed and spread across the sofa with invasive confidence. Johnson holed adj. Drunk past the point of remaining a person and into the scale of a substantial crater. Manil was Johnson holed, requiring a route around him to reach the kitchen. Johnson neuroectodermal syndromed adj. Drunk beyond coherent explanation, with the evening presenting as an especially specialised condition. Dayane was Johnson neuroectodermal syndromed and gave the diagnosis to a bewildered taxi driver. Johnson noised adj. Drunk in a way that produces a steady, dispassionate hum beneath every conversation. Kohlston was Johnson noised, generating a quiet frequency while staring at the pudding. Johnson polyhedronned adj. Describing a drinker who has made every conversation into a separate, perfectly regular facet, none matching the others. Mehakpreet spent the reception assigning each guest a distinct conversational face, thoroughly Johnson polyhedronned.