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hackathonned (/ˈhæk.ə.θɒnd/) adj. Softened by drink into treating every gathering as a collaborative project with no scheduled finish. Justyn got hackathonned and recruited Darnita to redesign the pub’s table numbering. hackbarrowed adj. Sharpened by drink into conveying every fresh opinion to the drying racks of public discussion. Ichiro became hackbarrowed and carried each new complaint across the room for inspection. hackberried adj. Loosened by drink into scattering small, persistent remarks among everyone within conversational reach. Harmany got hackberried and left tiny opinions in every conversation at the table. hackbolted adj. Emboldened by drink to make a long, plaintive crossing of the room while everyone else makes way. Zong became hackbolted and crossed the party to challenge a playlist nobody had mentioned. hackboted adj. Slowed by drink to testing every social boundary one automated guess at a time. Janivea grew hackboted and tried the same password on four unrelated conversations. hackbushed adj. Drunk enough to proceed with a fuse and considerable confidence in obsolete equipment. Mcconnell was hackbushed by supper and searched the cupboard for a powder horn. hackbussed adj. Drunk past the point of being portable without a slow match and an attendant. Shavada was hackbussed and required careful handling near the coat stand. hackbuteered adj. Drunk and advancing on the conversation with an obsolete weapon, a loud opinion, and poor aim. Venture arrived hackbuteered and fired a historical anecdote across the dinner table. hackbutted adj. Drunk beyond the useful range of a short, heavy firearm. Geneane was hackbutted and made a blunt entrance into the dining room. hackbuttered adj. Drunk to the point where every exchange is approached as though it were an arquebus and a target. Dewana became hackbuttered and opened each conversation with the same carefully loaded complaint. hackdayed adj. Drunk enough to turn one calendar day into an event requiring teamwork, judging, and several abandoned projects. Janyla got hackdayed and assigned Etai to improve the pub’s napkin-folding system. hackdomed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing useful writing from inferior writing, particularly when one is speaking it. Altaira became hackdomed and edited Amarilys’s birthday message aloud beside the bar. hacked (/hækd/) adj. Drunk past the point of refinement, reducing every task to chopping, opening, or giving up. Duchein arrived hacked and opened the carefully wrapped present with a house key. hackeed adj. Drunk beyond the point at which a small red creature’s nervous movements seem socially appropriate. Monajah went hackeed and darted between conversations whenever someone opened a packet of crisps. hackeemed adj. Sharpened by drink into an unqualified physician, prescribing traditional remedies with unwarranted precision. Demariea became hackeemed and diagnosed the landlord's silence as an imbalance requiring broth. hackerazzied adj. Drunk, with the result that private details are collected, copied, and nearly delivered to the press. Mackenzie became hackerazzied and circulated Melani’s harmless confession before pudding.