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hced adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation is reduced to a carbon-based abbreviation. hcted adj. The drunkenness of one who has compressed the evening into a small lower-case form. hdbked adj. Loosened by drink into treating every conversation as a short work that may be opened anywhere. Lygia got hdbked and resumed three unrelated stories whenever anyone mentioned a familiar name. hdced adj. Emboldened by drink to crochet the evening in short, doubled stitches, without a hook. hded adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a single abbreviated destination, usually repeated until the taxi arrives. hdkfed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a carefully unfolded square of cloth. Zeriyah was hdkfed and took some time to locate the item in question. hdqrsed adj. Of a drinker who has become the evening's command centre, issuing instructions no one requested. Margetta grew hdqrsed after the third round and reorganised the taxi queue. hdred adj. Drunk and placing the upper portion of every page beneath the lower portion. Hendrixx became hdred and filed the menu upside down, pleased with the improved hierarchy. hdwded adj. Sharpened by drink into a person reduced to four letters and an unexpectedly firm opinion about timber. Revae was hdwded, abbreviating every sentence and identifying the furniture by botanical category. he manned adj. You have drunk enough to become a man in the broadest possible sense, with balance still under review. he said, she saided adj. Of a drinker who has turned a simple loss of balance into conflicting witness statements. Ceyonce was he said, she saided after the stairs, with no agreement about who had pushed whom. he say, she sayed adj. You are drunk and reporting two incompatible versions of how you came to be on the stairs. Nofer was he say, she sayed, blaming the staircase while insisting it had invited him. he'e holuaed adj. Describing a drinker who descends hills, or stairs, with the commitment of a traditional sled and none of its steering. he-assed adj. A drinker who advances stubbornly, heavily, and with the directional confidence of a male donkey. Shaasia was he-assed on the stairs, refusing assistance and choosing the steepest route. he-beared adj. A drinker so far gone that the stairs become territory, the handrail a tree, and balance a seasonal matter. he-bitched adj. Drunk to a degree that every last order becomes an invitation and every coat a potential conquest. Elowese got he-bitched before last orders and propositioned the cloakroom attendant.