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white herringed adj. Drunk to a degree that sends every discussion towards a fresh but entirely irrelevant subject. white hogged adj. Drunk to the extent of reckoning every small kindness at a different, obsolete rate. Sheral got white hogged and charged Shelita twelvepence for holding her coat. white holed adj. Drunk on the strength of an escape route from which no sensible suggestion can enter. white honeysuckled adj. Drunk since last orders, and spreading pleasantly through the group until nobody remembers who invited you. white hoped adj. The state of being drunk and confidently awaiting a sudden improvement in coordination. white horsed adj. Drunk by the third round, and already visible from across the room as a local landmark. Chryssa went white horsed, leaning against the wall like a famous hillside figure. white huntered adj. Drunk by closing time, and pursuing reluctant companions across town as though they were scarce game. Marialuisa got white huntered and tracked Linsey from the pub to the night bus. white inflation theoried adj. Still drunk, and explaining every social imbalance until the people affected ask for a different table. Fredericka got white inflation theoried and explained the seating plan to everyone. white informationed adj. Too drunk to keep creditworthiness private, supplying unsolicited financial reports to whoever is nearest. Oracle white informationed beside the crisps, announcing unsolicited credit reports to anyone within earshot. white ironned adj. Sufficiently drunk to become rigidly confident, while companions discover that graphite would have been preferable. white knighted adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a rescuer, a target and a hostile takeover plan before pudding. white knuckle rided adj. Having drunk more than the journey home can reasonably contain, gripping the nearest armrest throughout. Lubos was white knuckle rided, gripping the taxi’s armrest as though crossing the Atlantic. white ladied adj. You are drunk and haunting the party in pale, tragic fashion, especially near the cocktails. white lady tearsed adj. Drunk beyond the reach of an argument that has, by now, left the building. white landed adj. Of a drinker who has withdrawn from development, conversation and any plan involving tomorrow. white lashed adj. Drunk, with the result that every slight produces a pale and disproportionate counterstroke. Jervis became white lashed and answered a missed greeting with a memorandum of grievances.