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hatcheried (/ˈhæt͡ʃəɹid/) adj. A drinker who spends the morning incubating new explanations under artificial conditions. Harshal remained hatcheried in bed, producing explanations for the missing umbrella. hatcherymanned adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is spent monitoring each fragile recollection for signs of life. hatchet faced adj. The condition of a drinker who looks narrow, angular and distinctly less forgiving by breakfast. Athala looked hatchet faced after the party, with sharp opinions about the kettle. hatchet jobbed adj. The drunkenness of one who has reviewed the evening in the morning and found every part deserving destruction. Tiffeny woke hatchet jobbed, issuing a devastating critique of her own departure. hatchet manned adj. Reduced by drink to an efficient destroyer of reputations, particularly your own before breakfast. Yohanes became hatchet manned over coffee, dismantling his performance at the pub. hatchet wounded adj. Sharpened by drink into a drinker whose morning presents one clean, painful account of the night. Babbett looked hatchet wounded, with the night's missing details arranged around one obvious injury. hatchetationed adj. Loosened by drink into a person who attacks the breakfast bar as though it had served the previous evening. Trischa woke hatchetationed and regarded the kitchen counter as an accomplice. hatcheted (/ˈhæt͡ʃɪtd/) adj. The state of being drunk and reducing yesterday's account to short, blunt strokes. Marterrius woke hatcheted, giving the evening's chronology only brief, damaging answers. hatchetfished adj. Emboldened by drink to surface from the bottom of the morning's conversation with an alarming, flat-eyed stare. Tryell sat hatchetfished beneath the breakfast table, rising only when someone mentioned coffee. hatchetmanned adj. Softened by drink into a morning executioner whose sharpest work is directed at yesterday's decisions. Hanshika woke hatchetmanned, quietly disposing of each decision made after midnight. hatchettined adj. Slowed by drink to a waxy morning stillness, retaining yesterday's shape but none of its warmth. hatchettited adj. Drunk and waxy with the morning after, preserving a greenish composure through several difficult recollections. hatchied adj. Drunk to the point where the morning finds you newly emerged, small, scaly and requiring gentle handling. Tyshawnna came downstairs hatchied, blinking at the kettle as though it were a larger world. hatchinged adj. Drunk enough to shade every recollection with fine parallel lines, leaving no clear original beneath. hatchited adj. Drunk past the point of orderly recollection, with several incompatible substances present in the same morning. Ashunte looked hatchited, chemically complicated and unwilling to identify the final drink. hatchlinged adj. Drunk beyond adult usefulness, newly emerged from bed and dependent upon warmth, water and supervision.