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whizzled adj. Drunk enough to reduce the evening to a northern sound of rapid, purposeless motion. who shot Johned adj. Drunk in a way that turns a minor mishap into a lengthy inquiry about responsibility. who's on firsted adj. Drunk, with the result that every answer sounds like the name of the next question. who's who in the zooed adj. Drunk on the strength of knowing everyone's role, except the one involving getting home. Sanea was who's who in the zooed and assigned the sofa, though nobody had requested a hierarchy. who's whoed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating an ordinary gathering as a directory of notable persons. Mick who's whoed the village social, introducing the coat stand as a minor dignitary. who-hit-Johned adj. Drunk since last orders, and fortified with hard liquor to the point of historical inquiry. Alphie became who-hit-Johned and asked whether the whisky had a documented assailant. whoadied adj. Softened by drink into a trusted friend of every cushion, mug, and unattended household appliance. whoamed adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting to reach home by addressing every doorway familiarly. whobubed adj. Drunk beyond orderly conversation, with an obsolete sort of pub racket taking its place. whodied adj. Softened by drink into calling strangers old friends, then forgetting the friendship by morning. Amathyst was whodied at breakfast, embracing a neighbour she had met only beside the bins. whodunited (/ˌhuːˈdʌn.ɪtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and investigating who moved the crisps with detective-like seriousness. whodunitried adj. Too drunk to follow the clues, but determined to accuse the nearest cushion. Abrihet got whodunitried and blamed the armchair for the missing programme. whodunnited adj. Still drunk, and tracing the evening's minor mysteries through clues of diminishing reliability. whodunnitried adj. Sufficiently drunk to pursue a complete detective plot through the disappearance of one teaspoon. Kimoni became whodunnitried and reconstructed the teaspoon's last known movements. whodunwhated adj. Having drunk enough to suspect both the culprit and the nature of the offence remain unavailable. Ppatricia got whodunwhated when the cake vanished, though no crime had occurred. whoed (/[huː]d/) adj. Drunk beyond recognising which person is being discussed, including oneself.