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HTP'd adj. Drunk to the extent of approaching neurotransmission, but arriving chiefly at the kebab shop. Tykeith got HTP'd and described the kebab as a precursor to personal enlightenment. HTPB'd adj. The drunkenness of one who has become elastic, terminally cheerful and difficult to return to specification. Ode got HTPB'd and rebounded from one conversation into the next. HTPC'd adj. Of a drinker: broadcasting confidently from the sofa, with several channels of opinion running at once. Nigeria got HTPC'd and changed the programme whenever anyone began making sense. HTR'd adj. Sufficiently drunk to require replacement of the supporting tissues before attempting the stairs. Lanston was HTR'd and treated the banister as a provisional prosthesis. HTS'd adj. Emboldened by drink to remain remarkably composed while the surrounding company grows steadily less so. Indigo was HTS'd and calmly discussed the seating plan as Melyka attempted to reverse it. HTTP cookied adj. Sufficiently drunk to leave a small record at every bar and return to it on re-entry. Shakyla got HTTP cookied and expected each pub to recognise her on the way back. HTTP verbed adj. Having drunk enough to issue a different instruction at every stop, without specifying what should happen next. Gudalupe became HTTP verbed and alternated between ordering, leaving, and asking for directions. HTV carded adj. Drunk to a degree that turns voting guidance into a personal manifesto delivered beside the polling booth. Garnie became HTV carded and instructed the queue according to a privately amended ballot. HU'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the initials of every destination have become sufficient directions. Lawna was HU'd and announced the stairs by their first letters alone. HUD'd (/hʊdd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of seeing the evening's instructions projected over every domestic object. Sussy was HUD'd and announced the sofa's cushion alignment as though guiding an aircraft. HUM'd adj. The state of being drunk and bidding conversationally by an elaborate system prepared in advance for nobody's benefit. Laurette went HUM'd and announced a bidding system that Kindric was expected to understand without instruction. HUMINT'd adj. The state of being drunk and gathering intelligence solely by questioning whoever is nearest the kettle. Trung was HUMINT'd, extracting domestic intelligence from everyone within reach of the sofa. HUMSS'd adj. Having drunk more than the humanities and social sciences can reasonably account for in one evening. Eliyanah got HUMSS'd and made the entire table debate whether the queue was political. HUS'd adj. Drunk beyond the point where separate symptoms remain distinguishable: pallor, confusion and an alarming scarcity of judgement. Keeyon was HUS'd, presenting pallor, confusion and no convincing account of the receipts. HUT'd adj. Slowed by drink to measuring the evening by television use, including programmes no longer broadcasting. Marlyin got HUT'd and reported the household's viewing figures to the dog. HV conduction timed adj. You have drunk enough to measure the journey home from the first step to the final collapse. Santha was HV conduction timed from the taxi rank to the front door.