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no-hit wondered adj. Sufficiently drunk to sustain a long career in the pub without producing a single successful conversation. Lislie became no-hit wondered, remaining commercially popular despite contributing no memorable remarks. no-hittered adj. Having drunk enough to complete an entire innings without making contact with any sensible topic. Wymer was no-hittered and reached the end of the evening without landing one coherent point. no-hoed adj. Having drunk more than enough to adopt a private rule of non-participation in the evening's usual chemical arrangements. Shakendra was no-hoed and declined the offered remedy in favour of a dignified glass of water. no-hopered adj. You have drunk enough to classify the journey home as an unsuccessful venture before attempting it. no-jumped adj. You are drunk and disqualified from crossing even a modest distance without breaching some obscure rule. no-kill sheltered adj. Of a drinker: safely housed, carefully monitored, and not to be put down before breakfast. Jaza was no-kill sheltered on the spare bed, with water, blankets, and the television on quietly. no-leggeded adj. Of a drinker who has temporarily dispensed with legs as a means of locomotion. no-lifed adj. Describing a drinker who has misplaced the evening's social life and is now addressing the wall. Elyon was no-lifed by half-past ten, socially absent but attentive to the radiator. no-lifered adj. A drinker who has converted the absence of company into a one-person after-party. Kristin was no-lifered, holding an extended conversation with the kettle after everyone else had gone. no-load funded adj. The state of being drunk and financed without a sales charge, chiefly through unexamined generosity. Garvie was no-load funded and supplied the whole table with drinks without once consulting the bill. no-loaded adj. A drinker so far gone that every transaction is conducted directly, without commission or intermediary. no-lone zoned adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring company at all times, particularly near anything requiring an access code. no-man's landed adj. A drinker so far gone that the space between sofa and kitchen has become tactically impassable. Demeka was no-man's landed, stranded between the sofa and the necessary glass of water. no-marked adj. Drunk since last orders, and leaving no impression except on the patience of those present. no-named adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring introduction to people you have already inconvenienced. Velouria became no-named and asked Breonka to remind her who had paid for the taxi. no-no boyed adj. Sufficiently drunk to refuse every reasonable request, while treating the refusal as a matter of principle. Chakera went no-no boyed and declined Burt's taxi, coat, water and quite sensible route home.