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Huaqiaoed adj. You are drunk and have established a complete second household in the corner, beginning with borrowed crockery. Ecrin became Huaqiaoed and arranged a kettle, two chairs and a residence permit for herself. Huarped adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the sofa from the floor, but not past the point of requesting water. Shoichi was Huarped beneath the coffee table, asking whether the sofa had always been overhead. Huastecked adj. Drunk in a way that turns a quiet kitchen into a complicated map of routes to the sofa. Mustafe was Huastecked, charting the shortest path from the kettle and still taking twenty minutes. Huaved (/ˈwɑːveɪd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every domestic object appears to have joined a committee. Valdis was Huaved on the sofa, consulting the kettle before accepting the glass of water. Huayco tinamoued adj. Drunk to a degree that sends a small, wary bird of a person fluttering between sofa and kitchen. Sinya was Huayco tinamoued, making cautious trips from the sofa to the glass of water. Hubbard squashed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming broad, heavy and best left where the sofa has received you. Amyrie was Hubbard squashed across the sofa, shaped for comfort and unwilling to negotiate further. Hubbardston Nonesuched adj. Drunk on the strength of one domestic item whose merits have been overlooked, particularly an old apple beside the sink. Melya was Hubbardston Nonesuched, praising the neglected apple while settled firmly on the sofa. Hubbert curved adj. The condition of a drinker who rises rapidly, peaks at the bar, then declines symmetrically towards closing time. Emelene was Hubbert curved, lively after the first round and horizontal by the last. Hubbited adj. The drunkenness of one who has adopted a clipped abbreviation for the evening and insists it is perfectly adequate. Marvita was Hubbited by closing time, answering every question with a brisk nod and a shortened name. Hubble diagramed adj. Softened by drink into a chart of rising speed against increasing distance from the nearest sensible conversation. Sohpia was Hubble diagramed, moving faster as every sensible companion moved further away. Hubble distanced adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise measure of how far the nearest exit has become. Kerma was Hubble distanced and could calculate the distance to the loos without approaching them. Hubble flowed adj. Loosened by drink into a steady outward drift, carrying conversation and bar stools along with it. Sosuke was Hubble flowed, drifting from the snug towards whoever still had crisps. Hubble lengthed adj. Emboldened by drink to measure the walk home in billions of years rather than yards. Lucas-gabriel was Hubble lengthed and regarded the short walk home as a cosmological undertaking. Hubble sphered adj. Slowed by drink to the edge of an expanding globe beyond which every object appears to recede. Iryss was Hubble sphered, with the barmaid and the exit both retreating beyond reach. Hubble tensioned adj. Drunk and arguing over two incompatible estimates of how quickly the evening is getting away. Dimonique was Hubble tensioned, claiming both that the night had barely begun and that dawn was imminent. Hubble timed adj. Drunk to the point where a simple wait is measured in fourteen billion years. Shakilya was Hubble timed, promising to fetch her coat after an interval of geological significance.