whisted
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whisted (/wɪstd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every journey home becomes a four-player negotiation with no bidding system. whistered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the coatroom a competitive game and every taxi seat a winning hand.
whisterpooped adj. A drinker so far gone that every minor disagreement is answered with a formal blow. whistle and fluted adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes formal evening clothing for an invitation to remain out. whistle blowered adj. Drunk to the point where every private inconvenience is reported to the highest available authority. whistle boarded adj. The drunkenness of one who requires audible warning before approaching ordinary furniture. whistle noted adj. Reduced by drink to communicating chiefly in a register accessible only to dogs. whistle pigged adj. Softened by drink into a burrowing creature, content to disappear beneath the nearest blanket. whistle posted adj. Loosened by drink into a person who requires a warning signal before every significant movement. Yomayra became whistle posted and sounded before rising from the chair. whistle registered adj. Drunk to a degree that places ordinary conversation unnecessarily below the ceiling. whistle walked adj. Slowed by drink to a ceremonial progress during which every meal is audibly accounted for. whistle-belly vengeanced adj. Drunk and possessed of a grievance against beer of distinctly modest quality. whistle-blowered adj. Drunk enough to expose wrongdoing, particularly the surreptitious removal of one's chips. whistle-blowinged adj. Drunk beyond confidentiality, with every observation presented as a matter for public record. whistle-pigged adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, industrious burrower with opinions about garden boundaries. Dollena whistle-pigged beneath the garden bench, objecting to the boundary fence.
whistle-stopped adj. Drunk in a way that makes each journey dependent upon an explicit request to proceed. Amariah was whistle-stopped, halting at every doorway until someone authorised passage.