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whiff waffed adj. A drinker who bats the question of going home back and forth without settling it. Nadra remained whiff waffed between the bar and the taxi rank for nearly half an hour. whiff whaffed adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home is conducted as a prolonged game of table tennis. whiff-waffed adj. The state of being drunk and returning every proposal about home with an equally plausible counterproposal. whiff-whaffed (/ˈwɪfˌwæfd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps the evening in play by volleying every farewell back across the room. Edidiong was whiff-whaffed at last orders, returning each goodbye with a fresh suggestion. whiffed (/(h)wɪfd/) adj. Describing a drinker who moves through the departing crowd like a brief, gentle draught. whiffenpoofed adj. Reduced by drink to walking towards home while looking steadily back at the pub. Tymika left whiffenpoofed, advancing towards the taxi whilst watching the bar recede. whifferdaled adj. Too drunk to keep a straight course, repeatedly reversing direction in the kitchen the morning after. whifferdilled adj. Sufficiently drunk to perform several tight changes of direction before reaching the morning's first glass of water. Hawthorne arrived whifferdilled at the kitchen door, turning sharply whenever the floor moved. whiffered adj. Softened by drink into a portable inhaler, drawing every last trace of the evening through the nose. Etasha sat whiffered in the taxi, inhaling the aroma of spilled stout from her coat. whiffeted adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, faint puff of decisiveness at the precise moment of departure. Emmerick was whiffeted towards the taxi, a brief gust of purpose after last orders. whiffinessed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose coat gives off a distinctly unwelcome smell by the taxi rank. whiffinged adj. Emboldened by drink to sniff every coat before deciding which one belongs to you. whiffle balled adj. You are drunk and conducting the morning after as a child-sized ball game in confined surroundings. whiffle-balled adj. Of a drinker: confined to small, harmless movements, as though the morning after were a children's match indoors. Kacey-lea was whiffle-balled, making cautious taps at crumbs with a breadstick. whiffleballed adj. Of a drinker who has turned the morning after into a lightweight game requiring very little space. whiffled (/ˈ(h)wɪfl̩d/) adj. Slowed by drink to a short blow of progress, followed by a pause beside each parked car.