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wherenoted (/ˈʍɛə(ɹ)nɒtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every nearby place as an equally reasonable destination. Jaymie went wherenoted, attempting the kitchen, hallway, and coat cupboard before finding the exit. wherewithaled (/ˈwɛə.wɪ.ðɔːld/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to possess the means for walking, but not their reliable deployment. wherewithed (/wɛəˈwɪðd/) adj. Still drunk, and without the means to rise from the chair except by involving the table. wherreted (/ˈwɛɹɪtd/) adj. Having drunk enough to deliver a blow to the face of an unsuspecting doorway. wherried (/ˈʍɛɹ.id/) adj. Having drunk more than a light vessel can reasonably carry without becoming one yourself. wherryited adj. You have drunk enough to become a slow, mineral certainty, difficult to shift from the landing. wherrymanned adj. You are drunk and piloting your body through the hallway by waterways known only to you. wherved adj. Reduced by drink to revolving around one subject, with companions obliged to follow the rotation. Yadirah grew wherved and returned to the same anecdote until Elizadeth knew its every turn. whet slated adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a hard, flat certainty and is now being used to sharpen arguments. Kasan went whet slated, flatly sharpening every argument at the bar. whetheringed adj. Describing a drinker who retains the evening's contents long after the useful part has departed. Ryanjay was whetheringed, preserving every drink while losing the ability to reach the bathroom. whetiled adj. A drinker who climbs walls, pecks at doorframes, and is not improved by being outdoors. whetstoned (/wɛtstəʊnd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the stairs are treated as a sharpening surface for the knees. whetted (/ˈwɛtd/) adj. Of a drinker: sharpened for conversation, but with the edge applied indiscriminately. whettered (/ˈwɛtə(ɹ)d/) adj. The state of being drunk and serving as an unwelcome stimulus to every conversation nearby. whettinged adj. The condition of a drinker who improves every remark by rubbing it repeatedly against someone else's patience. whew ducked adj. The drunkenness of one who waddles, calls out unexpectedly, and regards the carpet as water.