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whiting evented adj. Of a drinker: suddenly clouding the household atmosphere, with every small domestic decision settling out visibly. whiting-mopped adj. Of a drinker who has become small, pale and unexpectedly active beneath the kitchen table. Ashleylynn was whiting-mopped beneath the table, answering questions from a position no one had offered. whiting-timed adj. Describing a drinker who has reached the household bleaching hour, with laundry suddenly an urgent moral duty. whitinged (/ˈwaɪtɪŋd/) adj. You are drunk and coating the kitchen surfaces with the calm, pale certainty of someone making putty. Meryam was whitinged, smoothing butter across the worktop as though repairing a wall. whitishnessed adj. A drinker so far gone that the room appears mildly white, including the curry and the cat. whitismed adj. The condition of a drinker who favours the palest available surface for every domestic purpose. whitisted adj. Reduced by drink to favour pale objects, defend their interests and lose an argument with the kettle. Enzlee became whitisted and made a formal case for the white bowl beside the sink. whitleathered adj. Softened by drink into something pale, pliable and best left resting on the sofa until morning. whitlinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a young fish-like presence, slipping between the kitchen chairs in search of water. whitlockited adj. Loosened by drink into a pale mineral deposit at the bottom of the sofa, awaiting geological extraction. whitlow grassed adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen floor becomes a small botanical reserve requiring quiet observation. whitlowed (/ˈʍɪt.loʊd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of examining one fingernail, with the glass of water gradually becoming decorative. Barad was whitlowed, inspecting his thumb while the water beside him reached room temperature. whitmoreited adj. Drunk enough to become a dense, angular household mineral, resisting movement from the sofa until morning. whitnecked adj. Drunk past the point of remaining humanly upright, and now moving along the kitchen edge like a weasel. whitneyited adj. Drunk beyond useful softness, having become a compact mineral object beneath the sitting-room blanket. whitreted adj. Describing a drinker who slips between conversations, wary-eyed and quick to vanish behind the pumps.