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woodhened (/ˈwʊd.hɛnd/) adj. The state of being drunk and flightless, leaving companions to guide a stubborn body back indoors. woodhenged adj. The condition of a drinker who has arranged friends in a circle and appointed the gaps significant. woodhewered adj. The drunkenness of one who worries at conversation in small pieces until nobody remembers the original subject. Raneem got woodhewered and reduced Tamaree's story to splinters of commentary. woodholed adj. Reduced by drink to a storage place for discarded coats, glasses and other people’s unfinished conversations. woodhoopoed adj. Softened by drink into a brightly insistent caller, leaving the surrounding company to endure repeated announcements. woodhoused (/ˈwʊd.haʊsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who offers splintered advice on fuel, storage and the proper running of a Texan shed. woodhouseited adj. Loosened by drink into a complicated mineral specimen, with several friends required to keep the constituent parts together. woodie wagonned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an old estate car, while companions wait patiently for each decision to arrive. woodied (/ˈwʊdid/) adj. Emboldened by drink to treat any estate car as transport, shelter and a plausible route to the coast. woodinessed adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation acquires a grain, a texture and an unnecessary discussion of varnish. woodjamed adj. Drunk enough to obstruct the evening's flow with chairs, coats and one immovable account of the afternoon. Obasi got woodjamed across the doorway, while Ayshe diverted guests through the kitchen. woodkerned (/ˈwʊdkɜːnd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has spent the night raiding the forest of its quiet and now hides among coats. woodknackered adj. Drunk past the point of conversation and reduced to tapping out a persistent rhythm on whatever furniture remains nearby. woodland blue phloxed adj. Drunk in a way that produces delicate, spreading conversation and causes the whole table to speak more softly. woodland strawberried adj. Drunk, with the result that every small kindness is gathered, savoured and reported to the nearest companion. woodlanded (/ˈwʊd.ləndd/) adj. Drunk beyond the boundary of ordinary sociability, with companions scattered among the furniture like undergrowth.