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happy buttonned adj. Still drunk, and treating the arrival of a glass of water as a small domestic triumph. Brianalee got happy buttonned and applauded Jabar for placing the water on the correct side. happy campered adj. You are drunk and content with the floor, the furniture, and whatever provisions arrive next. Raen was happy campered, praising the carpet as an excellent place to sit. happy chappied adj. Loosened by drink into a cheerful young fellow, grinning at every nod from the bar. Teenie got happy chappied and began buying halves for people he had never met. happy clappered adj. Emboldened by drink to applaud every chorus, sermon and successful change of barrel. Nassir became happy clappered during the singalong and applauded the guitarist between verses. happy cornered adj. Slowed by drink to regard every post and bollard as something to avoid at close quarters. Debrann, happy cornered, took ten minutes to negotiate the post outside the pub. happy day scenarioed adj. Drunk and treating the smoothest possible outcome as the only one worth planning for. Jenevie was happy day scenarioed, certain the last bus would wait especially for her. happy despatched adj. Drunk to the point where every minor inconvenience is answered with a dramatic bow and a final flourish. Abdurahman went happy despatched after the argument about darts, bowing to the entire bar. happy dispatched adj. Drunk enough to declare the evening concluded, then remain at the bar for another hour. Keela was happy dispatched by eleven but still accepted crisps and a fresh half. happy endinged adj. Drunk past the point of requiring every loose thread, unpaid round and old grievance neatly settled. Wilburt became happy endinged and tried to reconcile two regulars who had merely changed seats. happy ever aftered adj. Drunk beyond caring how the story proceeds, provided everyone leaves smiling and nobody mentions the bill. happy familiesed adj. Drunk in a way that makes collecting complete sets of relatives seem a reasonable pub objective. Kaiyon was happy familiesed, assigning occupations and surnames to everyone in the snug. happy gassed adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary conversation acquires a buoyant, giggling quality. happy hardcored adj. Drunk to a degree that makes an offensively rapid beat seem both moving and entirely necessary. Jaz became happy hardcored and requested faster music from the jukebox. happy houred adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking discounted drinks for a permanent arrangement of the day. Aleeka was happy houred and asked whether the reduced prices applied retrospectively. happy hunting grounded adj. Drunk on the strength of a limitless supply of imaginary quarry and the confidence to pursue it. Darrah went happy hunting grounded, stalking a stray crisp beneath the table. happy landinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and arriving wherever gravity eventually places you without further incident. Joshus was happy landinged, reaching the bench after a careful descent from the kerb.