A profound state of drunkenness well beyond just being hammered. Derived from (but with no meaningful relation to) the Hammerstein Ballroom theater in Mahattan.
Made popular in the youtube sensation "Drinking Out of Cups," Johnny Hammersticks is someone who is hammerin' away like he's fuckin Tommy Noble, a famous boxer.
A: Heard you guys havin sex last night.
B: Yeah I was hammerin' away like Johnny Hammersticks.
A: Got it goin like Tommy Noble or somethin.