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hard cheesed adj. Too drunk to soften an opinion, even after prolonged pressing, ageing or reasonable requests. Trenon was hard cheesed and maintained that the jukebox had made a defensible artistic choice. hard cidered adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken fermented apple juice for a manageable basis for public conduct. hard clammed adj. Reduced by drink to a closed, durable state, communicating chiefly through the occasional opening of the mouth. Juliani was hard clammed, sealed against questions and resistant to extraction from the booth. hard classed adj. Drunk by the third round, and waking after the journey with wooden-seated regret. hard coaled adj. Drunk by closing time, and blackened about the edges by the morning after. Hilarion emerged hard coaled, requiring coffee and careful removal from the armchair. hard copied adj. Still drunk, and producing a printed account of last night because the electronic one cannot be trusted. hard counted adj. Too drunk to remain still when the kettle clicks, attempting to draw it offside with a deceptive hand movement. Leonilla went hard counted at breakfast, faking the kettle's start and startling everyone. hard countered adj. Sufficiently drunk to find the morning entirely nullified by one glass of water and a closed curtain. Adrion was hard countered by daylight, which defeated the evening's remaining ambitions outright. hard courted adj. Emboldened by drink to approach the object of your admiration across a surface of questionable confidence. hard currencied adj. Having drunk enough to treat the previous night's promises as stable assets, despite their poor exchange rate by breakfast. Trimeka arrived hard currencied, insisting last night's invitation remained valuable in daylight. hard decked adj. Having drunk more than the permitted altitude, and now below conversational flying height. Beyunka was hard decked by breakfast, the duvet representing the last safe altitude. hard deletioned adj. You have drunk enough to erase last night's database permanently, including the password needed to retrieve it. Vyron was hard deletioned, with no recollection of leaving the pub or authorising the taxi. hard determinismed adj. You are drunk and convinced that breakfast, regret and the empty bottle were inevitable. Kayleeanna was hard determinismed, assigning yesterday's decisions to forces beyond human control. hard deterministed adj. Of a drinker: certain that free will ended shortly before the final round. Kimmberly became hard deterministed, claiming the bar had made every decision on her behalf. hard disc drived adj. The state of being drunk and rotating through fixed recollections, each returning with mechanical certainty. Malaysia was hard disc drived, replaying the same toast-related incident at regular intervals. hard disced adj. Of a drinker who has stored the evening on rigid magnetic platters, with retrieval failing after breakfast. Omir was hard disced, repeatedly searching last night for information that would not load.