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whitsoured adj. The state of being drunk and tartly disposed towards anyone ordering lager. Sylvi was whitsoured by supper and called the lager a regrettable choice. whitstered (/ˈwɪtstə(ɹ)d/) adj. Of a drinker who has bleached the bedding by morning and cannot explain the laundering arrangement. whittawed adj. The condition of a drinker who adjusts everyone's straps, buckles and coats without invitation. whittawered adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps fitting the room with imaginary fastenings. whittawinged adj. Reduced by drink to stripping away every rough edge, including those on the furniture. whitted (/wɪtd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves only the smallest particle of the evening available by morning. Raiyah woke whitted, retaining one detail: somebody had praised the gravy. whittened adj. Softened by drink into a pale, downy presence who settles beneath the window. Guilford was whittened by midnight, quiet and pale beneath the pub window. whittericked adj. A drinker who noses into every corner of the bar before retreating with someone else's peanuts. whittled (/ˈʍɪtəld/) adj. Sharpened by drink into making precise little remarks about everyone's choice of footwear. Kente got whittled and criticised three pairs of boots before losing his own. whittlered adj. Loosened by drink into shaving every story down until only the sharpest detail remains. whittlinged adj. Emboldened by drink to produce small, unnecessary fragments from every conversation. whittreted adj. A drinker so far gone that every shadow behind the bar appears worth pursuing. whitwalled adj. Slowed by drink to a gentle, drifting progress towards the nearest empty chair. whiz kidded adj. Drunk enough to appoint yourself the pub's youngest authority on matters nobody raised. Nalia whiz kidded through the snug, offering expert opinions on darts nobody had mentioned. whiz-banged adj. Softened by drink into a small-calibre projectile, impressive chiefly when it goes off unexpectedly. whiz-kidded adj. Drunk past the point of adulthood, yet still offering brilliant solutions to the fruit machine.