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whifflered adj. Drunk and changing course whenever the exit, the bar, or a familiar coat comes into view. Graem was whifflered between the pub door and the cloakroom until the driver gave up waiting. whiffleried adj. Drunk to the point where every plan for getting home is answered with an evasive alternative. whiffletreed adj. Drunk enough to hold the departing party together like a crossbar, though nobody knows where it is attached. whifflinged adj. Drunk past the point of useful speech, producing aimless talk while the coats wait beside you. whiggaed adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the wig maker's display for a council chamber. whigged (/ʍɪɡd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where acidulated whey seems an unreasonable substitute for another round. whiggificationed adj. Drunk in a way that turns the journey home into a historical improvement, each delay presented as necessary progress. whiggishnessed adj. Drunk past the point of treating every improvement as an administrative obligation. Cemone whiggishnessed the pub garden, assigning administrative duties to people who had only ordered lager. whiggismed adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that progress is both inevitable and administratively manageable. whigshipped adj. The condition of a drinker who converts intoxication into a small, orderly campaign for improvement. Elisya was whigshipped and canvassed the table for support for a further round. while looped adj. Reduced by drink to repeating the same instruction whenever the surrounding conditions appear favourable. Aleta was while looped, repeating “where are my keys?” whenever the kitchen seemed favourable. whiled (/ʍaɪld/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken an uncertain interval for a binding appointment. whileened adj. Softened by drink into requiring only a little while for every ordinary undertaking. whilked adj. Still drunk, and moving with the patient, edible solemnity of something the party has agreed to keep observing. Ohn remained whilked on the late bus, while Marceil explained the situation to strangers. whillaballooed adj. Sharpened by drink into a commotion of competing remarks, none sufficiently important to conclude. Bryland became whillaballooed and turned the quiet supper into a dispute about napkin placement. whillywhaed adj. Loosened by drink into flattering strangers with such proficiency that refusal appears discourteous.