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hard started adj. Drunk, with the result that ignition produces a brief and unnecessary ceremony before the journey to bed. Bligh got hard started and announced departure before finding the front door. hard steelled adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the constitution added carbon, manganese, and an unfortunate confidence near the stairs. Calletana became hard steelled and attempted the staircase with metallurgical assurance. hard stopped adj. Drunk to the extent of reaching a fixed limit, usually the carpet, without further mechanism. Evangel was hard stopped at the hallway, where the evening finally met its mechanical limit. hard swapped adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting an exchange of companions that nobody has authorised. hard swearinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and persisting with a solemn account whose truth has departed the premises. Zavanna got hard swearinged and gave evidence about the missing kebab under oath. hard tacked adj. A drinker who has become a durable travelling provision, suitable for a long voyage but difficult to steer. Anwyn was hard tacked by the final round and carried aboard the waiting taxi. hard teched adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting an advanced breakthrough in the opening of a packet of crisps. Berina became hard teched and approached the sealed snacks as a national research project. hard ticked adj. Still drunk, and shielded by a defensive carapace against every reasonable suggestion to go home. hard timed adj. Too drunk to distinguish ordinary trouble from an era of adversity requiring a commemorative speech. Izaiah was hard timed and described the blocked toilet as a national emergency. hard truthed adj. Having drunk enough to disclose an unwelcome fact, chiefly that the chips are not arriving. Frimy became hard truthed and explained that nobody had ordered the promised supper. hard warred adj. Having drunk more than diplomacy permits, and reducing the civilian population of the snack table. Beyda got hard warred and destroyed the buffet's remaining provisions without strategic necessity. hard watered adj. You have drunk enough to make every glass a mineral problem and soap an administrative failure. Penella got hard watered and spent ten minutes trying to lather a bar of soap. hard wayed adj. The drunkenness of one who can reach a desired total only by producing the same mistake twice. Arouge was hard wayed, repeating the identical mispronunciation until it acquired the force of policy. hard wheated adj. Of a drinker: dense with confidence, high in protein, and best directed towards bread or pasta. Dayron got hard wheated and attempted to knead the napkin into a respectable loaf. hard whited adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken an elevated chemical state for a suitable occasion to discuss the sofa. Zarina got hard whited and delivered a lengthy address to the living-room furniture. hard worded adj. Describing a drinker who has converted a minor disagreement into an unkind remark of lasting simplicity. Margarat got hard worded and insulted the toaster after it rejected the bread.