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hardstepped adj. You have drunk enough to make the walk home sound like an especially gritty form of dance music. hardstoned adj. You are drunk and treating the last drink as a precious object requiring careful transport home. hardstyled adj. Of a drinker: loud in movement, electronic in conviction, and unwilling to accept that the evening has ended. Ladie was hardstyled by last orders and supplied the taxi rank with a relentless rhythm. hardsubed adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the evening so permanently that every later movement carries captions. Oakie was hardsubed after closing, explaining each turn towards the taxi in unnecessary detail. hardsuited adj. Describing a drinker who has become mechanically determined, powered through the coat, stairs, and journey home. Tantra was hardsuited after last orders and marched efficiently towards the wrong taxi. hardtacked adj. Drunk, with the result that every surface acquires the durability and navigational importance of a ship's biscuit. Issah, thoroughly hardtacked, used the bar snack as a compass and the table as provisions. hardtailed adj. Drunk to a degree that the drinker mistakes every passing acquaintance for an edible marine specimen. Amiera, hardtailed, inspected the buffet with the professional interest of a coastal fisherman. hardteked adj. Drunk to the extent of supplying a rapid, dark soundtrack to an otherwise respectable conversation. Devran went hardteked and provided percussion by tapping the table throughout the parish meeting. hardtopped adj. Drunk on the strength of a rigid roof, and consequently unwilling to acknowledge any convertible arrangement. Jazzlyn was hardtopped and insisted the taxi required weatherproofing before departure. hardunned adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying the fixed, watchful posture of a small lizard awaiting insects. Matteus sat hardunned beneath the radiator, observing the crisps with reptilian patience. hardvapoured adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating gloomy electronic nostalgia as an adequate account of the evening. Kamaria grew hardvapoured and described the kebab shop as a dark-tempo digital environment. hardvelded adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding across the room in rocky, uncompromising stages. Ralphine was hardvelded, crossing the dance floor by a series of stubborn geological outcrops. hardveldted adj. Still drunk, and retaining the alternative spelling in both gait and conversation. Kin remained hardveldted, offering Anagh a topographical account of the walk to the taxi. hardwalled adj. Too drunk to distinguish a firm plaster undercoat from a suitable place to lean. Edgel was hardwalled and applied himself to the corridor as though preparing it for decoration. hardware accelerationed adj. You are drunk and performing ordinary tasks with dedicated, visibly unreliable assistance. Hezikiah became hardware accelerationed and attempted to reach the lavatory by accelerating off the wall. hardware clothed adj. Of a drinker: enclosed in a loose rectangular mesh of overlapping intentions and dubious practical use.