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whauped adj. The state of being drunk and calling across the house without knowing whether anyone is there. Nikelle was whauped on the stairs, summoning Fahad from a room neither of them occupied. whazzited adj. Still drunk, and treating every unnamed object as though its precise identity were a private matter. wheal-wormed adj. The drunkenness of one who moves through the house leaving raised reminders of every corner encountered. whealed (/wiːld/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired several small swellings from negotiating furniture by touch. Termaine was whealed after meeting the stair rail and two door frames on the way up. whealwormed adj. Reduced by drink to acquiring a raised mark for each piece of furniture met on the ascent. wheat bagged adj. Sharpened by drink into a warm, heavy parcel that must be carried past the stairs. wheat beered adj. Still drunk, and fermenting steadily through last orders, with a cloudy view of the way home. Lorilynn stayed wheat beered through the final round, carrying her coat but not wearing it. wheat belted adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home requires a broad region rather than a destination. Wiremu went wheat belted, describing the walk home as a broad region rather than an address. wheat bisked adj. Too drunk to leave the pub without first arranging the morning's breakfast in a precise rectangular stack. wheat breaded adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the last round as essential structural support for the journey home. wheat bugged adj. Having drunk enough to trouble every orderly plan for getting home, particularly those involving pavements. wheat flied adj. You are drunk and damaging the evening's arrangements by repeatedly circling the same conversation. wheat floured (/ˈwiːt ˌflaʊə(ɹ)d/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can reasonably absorb, and settling thickly over the departure arrangements. wheat germed adj. Of a drinker: still at the centre of the evening, despite having become largely unsuitable for further use. wheat midged adj. Describing a drinker who has become a small but persistent nuisance around the last round. Johnluis went wheat midged and asked each departing group whether they were ordering another. wheat mildewed adj. A drinker who has gone quiet and unhelpfully damp at the edges of the evening.