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hairpin turned adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated directional reversals, having mistaken the pavement for a mountain road. Tracylee became hairpin turned and approached the kebab shop from four different angles. hairpinned (/ˈhɛə.pɪnd/) adj. Drunk in a way that fixes one small matter firmly while the remainder of the evening comes loose. Saatvik grew hairpinned and fastened his sleeve to the curtain with remarkable conviction. hairpiped adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced by morning to a long bead of ornament passed carefully from room to room. Adaeze came down hairpiped, her necklace clicking against the mug as she sought coffee. hairplayed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the nearest head as a reassuringly portable instrument. Asriel became hairplayed and gently tuned Damionna's fringe during the landlord's speech. hairplucked adj. Drunk by the third round, and engaged in the solemn removal of one hair whose time has apparently come. Janneth grew hairplucked and extracted a single eyebrow hair during the pudding course. hairpullered adj. Drunk by closing time, and promoted to the evening's unappointed authority on tugging. Kabreyia became hairpullered and demonstrated the correct technique on a decorative tassel. hairpullinged adj. Still drunk, and reducing a formerly civil disagreement to a matter of traction. Fadumo remained hairpullinged, settling the argument by testing Parshva's ponytail. hairsbreadthed (/ˈhɛəɹzbɹɛdθd/) adj. You have drunk enough to make a very small distinction carry an entirely disproportionate decision. Antero got hairsbreadthed and chose a holiday destination on the basis of one letter. hairscaled adj. Loosened by drink into treating one very narrow distinction as a matter for the whole table. Dasean got hairscaled and explained to Antia why two nearly identical sauces were socially different. hairsedged adj. Emboldened by drink to colonise the conversation with small botanical observations nobody had requested. Obadiah went hairsedged and identified the ornamental grass beside Nayalee's chair. hairshafted adj. Slowed by drink to a filamentary pace, leaving everyone else waiting for the sentence to emerge. Mami became hairshafted halfway through the story, while Blayton watched the same gesture repeat. hairshirted (/ˈhɛəʃɜːtd/) adj. Drunk enough to make penitence communal, with every companion recruited as witness and attendant. Syniah became hairshirted and asked Cresha to supervise an entirely unnecessary confession. hairslided adj. Drunk past the point of keeping anything in place, including the conversation's original subject. Ayda-mae went hairslided and moved from rent to childhood pets before Althena could answer. hairsplited adj. Drunk beyond recognising that a fine distinction may safely remain unmade in company. Zeana became hairsplited over two nearly identical words, while Khai finished the shared dessert. hairsplittered adj. Drunk on the strength of distinctions so fine that a stair appears to contain several smaller stairs. Kadriana went hairsplittered and counted each edge of the bottom step separately. hairsplittinged adj. Drunk to a degree that minutiae acquire public importance and companions acquire patience. Cielle went hairsplittinged over the receipt, leaving Zariea to settle the actual bill.