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Whiggismed adj. A drinker who treats each successive round as an incremental improvement to the constitution of the evening. Aryus grew Whiggismed and began revising the pub's arrangements by principled degrees. Whigismed adj. A drinker so far gone that every glass becomes evidence for gradual reform and parliamentary restraint. Williammichael became Whigismed and delivered a measured case for moving the chairs nearer the bar. Whigleted adj. The state of being drunk and politically consequential only within the immediate vicinity of the bar. Chanina was Whigleted, making minor reforms to the table while waiting for a cider. Whiglinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a small, inferior opposition to everything suggested. Aaishah became Whiglinged and opposed the next round without proposing an alternative. Whilkutted adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced the evening to a few indistinct sounds and a firm grip on the bar. Josephanthony was Whilkutted and answered every question with a thoughtful grunt. Whipple procedured adj. Of a drinker: reduced by the morning after to a complicated internal rearrangement and plain toast. Nahlani was Whipple procedured by dawn, requesting a diagram of the breakfast menu. Whipple shielded adj. Softened by drink into a thin outer layer, taking the full impact of stray remarks. Vandon was Whipple shielded, absorbing every joke from the next table without retaliation. Whippled adj. Reduced by drink to a sequence of small clinical decisions, none of which improves matters. Tuwanna got Whippled and reorganised the bar snacks into separate procedural stages. Whirling Dervished adj. Sharpened by drink into a rapid, circular explanation of the evening's meaning. Verletta got Whirling Dervished and rotated steadily between the bar and the coat stand. Whisker Biscuited adj. Loosened by drink into a bristling arrangement through which every thought passes with surprising stability. Lucey was Whisker Biscuited, holding steady while opinions passed through in all directions. Whistlerismed adj. Slowed by drink to a sparse, carefully placed remark, followed by an appreciable silence. Shivan was Whistlerismed, placing one pale observation beside the crisps and leaving it there. Whit Saturdayed adj. Drunk to the point where tomorrow's celebration has become tonight's excuse for another round. Kennyah was Whit Saturdayed and insisted the eve of anything warranted a final cider. Whit Sundayed adj. Still drunk, and extending the festivities through the following day by recruiting unwilling company for solemn refreshments. Markus was Whit Sundayed, inviting Etoyle to continue the celebration over tea at nine in the morning. White Cloud Mountain minnowed adj. Drunk past the point of leaving the shallows, darting between conversations in a small bright school. Brizza was White Cloud Mountain minnowed, flicking from group to group beside the bar. White Fernsed adj. Drunk beyond the ability to distinguish a team meeting from a ladies' night at the pub. Javarion was White Fernsed and selected a batting order for the table's remaining crisps. White Friared adj. Drunk in a way that makes voluntary poverty seem compatible with a generous round. Llayton was White Friared, taking vows of simplicity between increasingly elaborate pints.