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wha-upped adj. A drinker so far gone that each attempt to climb becomes a birdlike cry followed by a pause. Gaelan was wha-upped on the stairs, calling out before each step as though crossing open country. whaanaued adj. The drunkenness of one who gathers the entire pub into an extended family, including strangers and furniture. whaaped adj. Drunk enough to make the long, plaintive call of a curlew at the breakfast table. Hebert was whaaped by dawn, producing a mournful call whenever anyone mentioned the journey home. whabbied adj. Drunk past the point of standing quietly, and now diving repeatedly towards the floor for no apparent reason. whac-a-moled adj. Drunk to the extent of suppressing one morning-after problem at a time, without finding its source. whachacallited adj. The state of being drunk and unable to name the coat, the driver or the person holding your keys. whachamacallited adj. Drunk to the point where every object acquires a provisional name and none survives scrutiny. whack jobbed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn an ordinary morning errand into an eccentric operation requiring a written briefing. Rakya was whack jobbed, preparing a map before attempting the short walk to the corner shop. whack shacked adj. Of a drinker: requiring the quietest room in the house after losing an argument with the cushions. whack-a-moled (/ˈwæk.əˌməʊld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of repeatedly solving small disasters which return whenever attention moves elsewhere. Christhian was whack-a-moled, locating the keys just as the headache became the urgent matter. whack-upped adj. Drunk since last orders, and dividing the morning into separate portions of regret for easier handling. whackadoodled adj. Slowed by drink to a sequence of eccentric pauses between the bar, the cloakroom and home. whackadooed adj. Loosened by drink into a harmless eccentric, misplacing the coat while explaining the route home. whackaged adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying the morning's beating in a noticeably concentrated package. whacked (/wækd/) adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which a heavy strike is distinguishable from an ordinary domestic noise. Nikson woke whacked and attributed the breakfast crash to a particularly forceful cupboard. whackered (/ˈwækə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and functioning as the morning's principal instrument for striking furniture.