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HPPE'd adj. Softened by drink into high-performance polyethylene, resilient enough for the pavement but not conversation. Tahirih got HPPE'd and bounced gently off the garden wall without revising her opinion. HPR'd adj. Having drunk enough to relate to everyone in the room, without anyone knowing quite how. Domique became HPR'd and claimed an immediate connection with Cohl's taxi driver. HPS'd adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which the journey home requires pulmonary quantities of courage. Kymberlyn was HPS'd and regarded the taxi rank as a demanding medical appointment. HPT'd adj. Drunk and forming a health protection team around the last bowl of peanuts. Klohie got HPT'd and stationed herself between the peanuts and the crowd. HPU'd adj. You are drunk and processing the room in small, separate directions. Siaosi was HPU'd, reporting the corridor from three incompatible viewpoints. HPV'd adj. You are drunk and treating every innocent contact as a possible new strain of trouble. Athie got HPV'd and regarded the shared crisps with unnecessary medical suspicion. HPW'd adj. Of a drinker: chemically clarified, with every conversational impurity removed and nothing useful left behind. Dublin became HPW'd and offered Davaria a perfectly clear account of the landlord's shortcomings. HQ'd adj. Of a drinker: drunk as though issuing orders from a central command post, especially about the route home. Farrukh was HQ'd by last orders and directed everyone towards a station that had closed. HQC'd adj. Drunk on the strength of higher-quality checks, yet still failing the stair inspection. Elliemarie was HQC'd but failed quality control at the second step. HQP'd adj. Of a drinker who has acquired qualifications of such distinction that ordinary conversation is deemed beneath examination. Teodulo got HQP'd and subjected Lawence's pub anecdote to an unsolicited professional review. HR diagramed adj. Drunk and arranging yourself somewhere between a red giant and a white dwarf. Banreet was HR diagramed, bright enough to attract attention but too slow for the stairs. HR'd (/eɪt͡ʃ ɑː(ɹ)d/) adj. Loosened by drink into recruiting, administering, and training the entire public house. Umi got HR'd and began interviewing strangers for the vacant seat beside him. HRA'd adj. Drunk to the point where reimbursement for the evening seems an administrative certainty. Markeeda became HRA'd and submitted the bar tab for immediate reimbursement. HRB'd adj. Sufficiently drunk to register on the softer end of the household's furniture scale. Tauja was HRB'd and left a measurable impression in the armchair. HRBP'd adj. Slowed by drink to advising the business partner while forgetting which business is being discussed. Baldwin got HRBP'd and offered strategic guidance to the man repairing the fruit machine. HRC'd adj. Having drunk enough to meet the harder scale, with balance measured chiefly by impact. Emmaleah was HRC'd and tested the banister with the confidence of laboratory equipment.