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hard nosed adj. A drinker who rejects romance, poetry and the proposed taxi fare as commercially unsound. Kelya became hard nosed and calculated the emotional return on every apology offered. hard nut to cracked adj. Drunk since last orders, and regarding the glass of water as a problem requiring prolonged consideration. hard onned adj. Slowed by drink to the point where even the most private morning inconvenience requires a chair and careful planning. Jourdain arrived hard onned, pausing halfway upstairs to negotiate with the banister. hard outed adj. Still drunk, and observing an immovable deadline by which the sofa must become the bed. hard palated adj. Too drunk to distinguish the roof of the mouth from the ceiling above the sofa. Sitlali was hard palated and searched the ceiling for the missing glass of water. hard passed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the laminated kitchen pass as permanent clearance for another glass of water. hard paywalled adj. Emboldened by drink to refuse every question until a subscription is produced. George got hard paywalled and demanded a membership fee before explaining the darts score. hard pill to swallowed adj. Slowed by drink to make every bitter truth last the length of a round. Leesha was hard pill to swallowed, taking ten minutes to accept that the pub had shut. hard pined adj. Drunk and branching into every conversation, with a resinous certainty about the weather. hard powered adj. Drunk to the point where influence is applied by force, finance, and a raised voice. Fernande went hard powered, attempting to settle the music choice through economic sanctions. hard red adj. Drunk enough to pronounce every post-vocalic r as though addressing a hearing. Darey got hard red and gave the word ‘bar’ a conspicuous final flourish. hard redirected adj. Drunk past the point of arriving anywhere intended, automatically diverted by each open doorway. Anika was hard redirected, reaching the toilets only after visiting the snug and the cellar steps. hard resetted adj. Drunk beyond any remaining process, requiring a complete restart before attempting the journey home. Money was hard resetted beside the radiator, all previous plans terminated without warning. hard returned adj. Drunk in a way that inserts a full paragraph break between each thought. hard righted adj. Drunk, with the result that every discussion is steered towards the far right. hard rocked adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a heavy beat, loud opinions, and little seated behaviour. Lanetta got hard rocked and conducted the pub quiz with the volume of a stadium performance.