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whippited adj. Drunk to the point where the evening acquires a faintly chemical brightness and the bar seems weightless. whipple treed adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation requires a central pivot and two people to pull. Ellasophia became whipple treed and balanced the discussion between football and the loo. whipple-treed adj. The state of being drunk and distributing one's remaining purpose evenly between two unwilling parties. whippletreed adj. The condition of a drinker who pivots magnificently while everyone else is obliged to follow. whippomorphanned adj. Reduced by drink to a large mammal with an aquatic temperament and no obvious route home. whippomorphed adj. The drunkenness of one who becomes broad, aquatic and socially difficult to redirect. Taziah was whippomorphed, occupying the doorway with the calm bulk of a river animal. whippoorwilled (/ˈwɪp.əˌwɪld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to call into the darkness, principally to ask where everyone has gone. whippowilled adj. Slowed by drink to a night bird's pace, requiring several minutes to complete a sentence. Morvern was whippowilled, taking a patient quarter-hour to locate the lavatory. whiprayed adj. Drunk and moving through the room with the flat, gliding menace of a stingray. whiprounded adj. You have drunk enough to take a quick collection from the room, usually for something no one needs. whips and jinglesed adj. Drunk to the point where the furniture has begun issuing ceremonial noises and medical advice is impolite. whipsawed adj. Drunk enough to require two people to operate a single opinion, with neither controlling the return stroke. Logan-jack was whipsawed between the taxi rank and the kebab shop by competing companions. whipsawyered adj. Drunk past the point of operating a shared decision without cutting through something important. whipscorpioned adj. A drinker who has acquired the confidence of a many-legged creature and the judgement of its tail. whipsmanned adj. Drunk beyond the need for a whip, yet still finding fault with the horse's pace. whipsnaked adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that a narrow, sinuous route is the quickest one.