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Whitsunned (/ˈʍɪt.sənd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating a minor religious holiday as grounds for inviting the entire pub home. Jimey was Whitsunned, offering the landlord a seat at his family's Sunday lunch. Whitsuntided adj. Having drunk enough to turn the coming week into an unbroken festival for those obliged to answer the messages. Taron was Whitsuntided, sending Vaile cheerful arrangements for every evening until the following Sunday. Whitted adj. Drunk and treating the Saturday night as though a minor ecclesiastical season had begun. Inell got Whitted and announced that the pub required suitable observance and quieter lighting. Whitten effected adj. Having drunk more than the company could absorb, synchronising the table into one shared state of weary excitement. Verniya was Whitten effected, and within minutes the whole group was laughing at precisely the same intervals. Whittle likelihooded adj. You have drunk enough to approximate everyone's probable reaction, then proceed with the least likely one. Korayma was Whittle likelihooded, estimating that Annias would object before asking him to sing. Whitweeked adj. You are drunk and extending one Sunday celebration across the week, to the administrative distress of your friends. Credell was Whitweeked, sending Mahmoud a fresh invitation every morning as though the previous one had not happened. Whitworth gunned adj. Of a drinker: rapidly and inaccurately propelled through the gathering, leaving companions to manage the ricochets. Nydaisha was Whitworth gunned, crossing the room at speed and taking Lanye's chair with her. Who's Whoed adj. Drunk to a degree that you provide biographies of prominent people who are merely waiting for taxis. Jaleisha became Who's Whoed and introduced the cloakroom attendant's entire career. Who-athonned adj. Of a drinker who has made the evening a marathon of explanations, regenerations, and increasingly concerned companions. Aija was Who-athonned, explaining every mysterious departure to Wales in exhaustive chronological order. Wholiganned adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken ordinary pub company for a devoted audience awaiting a band history lecture. Charlie-jack was Wholiganned, explaining the band's entire career while Zellia searched for the exit. Whorfianismed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the language available seem to determine the world being described. Everly-rose became Whorfianismed and blamed the bar's vocabulary for the evening. Whosered adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation becomes an invitation to improvise. Ahzab was Whosered and supplied alternative endings to the landlord's remarks. Whovianed (/ˈhuː.viː.ənd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes an ordinary doorway seem briefly capable of time travel. Brecken was Whovianed and waited for the cloakroom to reappear elsewhere. Whyoed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the pavement as disputed territory. Mariahna became Whyoed and regarded the kerb with longstanding suspicion. Whyte notationed adj. Drunk on the strength of a railway timetable, with the evening arranged as wheels before and behind. Kasy went Whyte notationed and counted the furniture by leading and trailing legs. Whyvillianed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still attempting to improve an imaginary town. Burrell was Whyvillianed and proposed moving the pub nearer the virtual sea.