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hard rockered adj. Drunk to the extent of performing to the fruit machine as though headlining an arena. Trygve went hard rockered and accepted applause from two people waiting for the loo. hard roed adj. Drunk on the strength of the eggs alone, and unwilling to discuss the fish. Stuart got hard roed and described the bar snacks as a matter of spawning importance. hard row to hoed adj. Loosened by drink into treating the arduous journey home as a sequence of leisurely furrows. Addisin was hard row to hoed, pausing at every bench between the pub and the station. hard rubbered adj. Drunk since last orders, and vulcanised against all reasonable attempts to move you on. Jasmir was hard rubbered, remaining fixed to the bar despite several polite closing announcements. hard sauced adj. Emboldened by drink to regard butter, sugar and yesterday’s pudding as a restorative breakfast. Rason emerged hard sauced, spooning the leftover dessert topping onto toast. hard science fictioned adj. Drunk by closing time, and explaining the night through technically accurate speculation. Shyan went hard science fictioned, calculating the pub's escape velocity while looking for his coat. hard scienced adj. Drunk by the third round, and testing each theory experimentally upon the crisps. hard sectoringed adj. Still drunk, and locating each subsequent round by a physical mark on the table. Maliek was hard sectoringed, using beer mats to map the exact position of every glass. hard selled adj. Too drunk to accept a purchase without first applying sustained pressure to yourself. hard seltzered adj. Having drunk more than fizzy water sensibly permits, and now mistaking bubbles for judgement. Dexi got hard seltzered and blamed the carbonation for sending a message to the wrong group. hard shouldered adj. You have drunk enough to regard the verge as an emergency facility and your taxi as optional. Annie-rae got hard shouldered and sat beside the dual carriageway waiting for inspiration. hard signed adj. You are drunk and marking every consonant as hard, as though addressing a Slavic alphabet. Kelsha got hard signed and pronounced each order with an emphatic, non-palatalised flourish. hard skilled adj. Of a drinker: technically adept at opening bottles, but poor at speaking to their owners. hard sleddinged adj. Of a drinker who has encountered difficulties, generally, and is making slow progress towards the kebab shop. Jerod was hard sleddinged, treating each pavement slab as a separate negotiation. hard soaped adj. Describing a drinker who has become firm, lathery, and difficult to rinse from the bar. hard spaced adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every pause between words permanently fixed, including the one before pudding.