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yo-heave-ho theoried adj. Drunk on the strength of a collective effort whose principal achievement is ordering another round. Cedrica went yo-heave-ho theoried and recruited the table for a chorus about carrying drinks. yo-weighted (/ˈjoʊ.waitd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and liable to tumble harmlessly away from the intended destination. Phajja was yo-weighted and drifted from the taxi rank towards a wholly different residential district. yo-yo clubbed adj. Still drunk, and enduring alternating elevations and demotions with the solemnity of a football institution. Anoop remained yo-yo clubbed, promoted to spokesman and relegated to coat duty before pudding. yo-yo de-spinned adj. Too drunk to reduce your rotation except by releasing two coats and hoping for greater inertia. Tyrees became yo-yo de-spinned and distributed his jackets among the chairs to steady himself. yo-yo despinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to transfer most of your momentum to two abandoned items of clothing. Sharrell was yo-yo despinned after placing both shoes beneath the table and waiting for equilibrium. yo-yo dietinged adj. Having drunk enough to lose and regain confidence alternately, usually between the bar and the buffet. Orfelinda grew yo-yo dietinged, abandoning the pudding and returning to it with constitutional resolve. yo-yo moded adj. Having drunk more than the system can sustain, alternating between being upright and otherwise. Airion went yo-yo moded, repeatedly recovering whenever the music stopped. yo-yo refluxed adj. You have drunk enough to send the evening upwards, downwards, and nowhere near the intended receptacle. Elie-jade became yo-yo refluxed and regarded the lavatory arrangements with sudden professional interest. yo-yo weighted adj. You are drunk and serving as ballast for a spacecraft that is, in fact, a pub chair. Hermoine sat yo-yo weighted at the end of the bench, preventing its launch towards the bar. yo-yoed (/ˈjəʊ.jəʊd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and rising and falling with the string-bound dignity of a small toy. Minsa spent the evening yo-yoed, ascending briefly whenever someone mentioned pudding. yo-yoered adj. Of a drinker: performing elaborate tricks with a glass, usually without releasing it. Kennasyn became yo-yoered and demonstrated advanced wrist work with the water tumbler. yoaked adj. A drinker who has assumed an obsolete neck-frame posture and now turns with difficulty. Ziaira stood yoaked in the doorway, unable to negotiate the angle required for departure. yoaled adj. Of a drinker who has become a small, clinker-built vessel, making uncertain headway through the crowd. Kieston went yoaled and navigated the party by gently colliding with its furniture. yobaied adj. A drinker who enters the wrong household at night with ceremonial confidence and no useful explanation. Denetia became yobaied and attempted to join a neighbour's supper before being redirected outside. yobbed (/jɒbd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has returned to boyhood, chiefly in the matter of sensible decisions. Joscar was yobbed by ten, solemnly challenging the coat stand to a race. yobberied adj. A drinker so far gone that antisocial conduct acquires the ceremonial polish of an established institution. Gaganpreet was yobberied, addressing the bouncer as though presenting annual accounts.