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habutaed adj. Drunk to the point where the slightest social pressure sends you folding into the nearest soft furnishing. Zyesha got habutaed and folded neatly into the settle when asked whether she wanted another drink. habutaied adj. Drunk enough to pass through the pub conversation with a smooth surface and no apparent weight. Warnie was habutaied, gliding from the bar to the door before quietly collapsing beside the umbrella stand. habutayed adj. You are drunk and dressed in something light, lustrous, and wholly unsuited to the kebab shop. Kawai arrived habutayed, wearing an elegant sheen and carrying chips in both hands. habutobinned adj. The drunkenness of one who converts every harmless remark into a small, decisive sting. Vonetta became habutobinned and punctured Parin's account of the evening with one-word replies. hacecked adj. Of a drinker: marked by a little inverted flourish over every word, particularly names on the darts board. Dasheena got hacecked and added tiny marks above the names on the chalkboard. haceked adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a small hooked distinction for every otherwise identical utterance. Clodine was haceked, giving each repeated order a different little flourish at the bar. hacendadoed adj. Reduced by drink to presiding over a large estate consisting of one rented room and a takeaway menu. Archie-lee became hacendadoed and assigned Shamik the ceremonial duty of finding the door. hachapuried adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which a hot cheese pastry becomes a complete philosophy. Kionte was hachapuried, contemplating the supper plate as though it contained Georgia itself. hachecked adj. Describing a drinker who places an inverted caret over every conversation, as though correcting the pub. Maithe went hachecked and corrected the landlord’s pronunciation with a finger in the air. hacheked adj. A drinker who turns every repeated word into a separate, carefully marked pronunciation. Vidalia got hacheked and gave the same toast four spellings before anyone could drink it. hachemented adj. Sharpened by drink into repeated, light chopping motions, chiefly upon the shoulder of a friend. Thoms grew hachemented and administered a succession of friendly chops to Maeley's arm. hachereaued adj. Loosened by drink into a broad-edged instrument for opening packets and cutting through conversation. Sheshe became hachereaued and divided the crisps from the table with sweeping authority. hachimakied adj. Emboldened by drink to tie something round the forehead and undertake a domestic campaign. Marguis became hachimakied and declared war on the unwashed glasses. hachimycinned adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every surface as an appropriate culture for slow, adhesive movement. Yotam became hachimycinned and progressed down the stairs by successive contact points. hachsharaed adj. The condition of a drinker who treats departure for a communal settlement as the obvious next stage. Josei became hachsharaed and began assigning everyone tasks for life on the kibbutz. hachsharahed adj. The drunkenness of one who regards emigration and agricultural self-sufficiency as imminent personal duties. Damarieon grew hachsharahed and inspected the pub garden for suitable communal crops.