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hard worked adj. A drinker who has made the easy business of sitting down require considerable physical and emotional labour. Tabby got hard worked while attempting the straightforward task of locating a chair. hard yakkaed (/hɑːd ˈjækəd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that remaining upright is treated as a substantial day's labour. hard yardsed adj. The state of being drunk and having completed the key effort of getting as far as the front step. Annavictoria was hard yardsed by midnight, having completed the principal expedition to the doorstep. hard-G'd adj. The state of being drunk and giving each conversation a firm initial consonant. Aril became hard-G'd and turned “giraffe” into a small act of military discipline. hard-arsed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become combative about minor matters and immovable about pudding. Omeda got hard-arsed and challenged the waiter over the geometry of the dessert spoon. hard-assed (/ˈhɑɹdæsd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has adopted a formidable manner, chiefly to protect the last sausage roll. Emeterio became hard-assed and guarded the final sausage roll with official severity. hard-asseried adj. Softened by drink into a display of toughness that ends with an apology to the furniture. Tylre became hard-asseried and mounted a stern objection to the coffee table. hard-billed adj. Still drunk, and cracking nuts with your teeth while the table discusses less alarming arrangements. Brayland stayed hard-billed through supper, reducing pistachios while declining all assistance. hard-blocked adj. Sufficiently drunk to silence an entire group chat, then ask why nobody is replying. Anyya got hard-blocked after sending the same demand to the family group nine times. hard-boilednessed adj. Having drunk enough to regard sentiment as an avoidable delay in getting everyone home. Genesiss grew hard-boilednessed and assigned seats in the taxi with unnecessary firmness. hard-earneded adj. Having drunk more than your wages can reasonably explain, and defending the expenditure to strangers. hard-easy effected adj. You have drunk enough to promise victory in the difficult quiz and surrender the easy round. Minika got hard-easy effected and challenged the experts before missing her own postcode. hard-edge paintinged adj. You are drunk and dividing the party into sharply separated camps over matters nobody had grouped. Iyla-may became hard-edge paintinged, placing the smokers and non-smokers at opposite ends of the garden. hard-handednessed adj. Sharpened by drink into strict instructions delivered with increasingly uncertain hand signals. Kelab got hard-handednessed and directed everyone upstairs, despite facing the coat cupboard. hard-heartednessed adj. Drunk and refusing sympathy to the staircase, which has plainly caused the difficulty. hard-linered adj. Of a drinker: immovable on the question of another round, regardless of evidence or transport. Demarcos was hard-linered and rejected every suggestion that the bar might already be closed.