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hardbeamed adj. You are drunk and growing rigid, branching in several directions, and not especially useful as shelter. Tery stood hardbeamed beside the hedge, offering the same shade as a young hornbeam. hardbilled adj. Too drunk to stop treating every unopened packet as a nut requiring immediate attention. hardboarded adj. Of a drinker: flat in manner, dense in judgement, and more suitable for leaning against than conversing with. Tarneshia was hardboarded by supper and accepted the coat stand as a reasonable companion. hardbodied adj. Of a drinker who has acquired, after several rounds, the firm self-assurance of a weightlifter in a vest. Tamikia became hardbodied and demonstrated a bicep to someone waiting for the lavatory. hardbopped adj. You are drunk and extending every conversation with syncopation, volume, and conspicuous emotional conviction. hardbottomed adj. Describing a drinker who has reached the firmest part of the evening and is unlikely to drift further. Jannete was hardbottomed beneath the table, resting on the evening's most stable surface. hardcased adj. A drinker so far gone that toughness has become the principal remaining social facility. Anastasya was hardcased and met every attempt at assistance as a personal challenge. hardcoaled adj. A drinker who has become dark, compact and capable of remaining warm until morning. hardcoated adj. A drinker so far gone that a protective outer layer seems to have formed, with little effect on conversation. Kerrian was hardcoated by closing time and accepted the rain without comment. hardcopied adj. Loosened by drink into treating every printed page as a message requiring immediate filing. Kimia woke hardcopied, carefully sorting yesterday’s receipts into folders by imagined importance. hardcore breaksed adj. The drunkenness of one who changes direction abruptly, repeatedly, and with little apparent preparation. Hriday went hardcore breaksed and abandoned three conversations before completing the first. hardcore porned adj. Reduced by drink to treating ordinary conversation as material requiring a little more explicitness. hardcore pornographied adj. Softened by drink into an unhelpful interest in details that most people had left implicit. Elizza became hardcore pornographied and made the seating arrangement needlessly descriptive. hardcore punked adj. Sharpened by drink into a particularly fast and intense version of your usual opinion. Csilla went hardcore punked and delivered her view of the buffet before anyone had asked. hardcore technoed adj. Loosened by drink into a repetitive, forceful rhythm from which ordinary conversation cannot easily recover. Stephney became hardcore technoed and tapped the table through the entire discussion of parking. hardcored (/hɑː(ɹ)dˈkɔː(ɹ)d/) adj. The state of being drunk and packed into the foundations of the evening, where movement is no longer expected. Darliss was hardcored beneath the kitchen table, supporting the household arrangements.