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header guarded adj. Drunk past the point of admitting anyone to the conversation without first checking the include guard. Rheya became header guarded and demanded a password from her own flatmate. headered (/ˈhɛdəd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every entrance requires a formal heading and a short introductory address. Jumanji became headered and announced each arrival before allowing the conversation to continue. headfasted adj. Drunk beyond the point of departure, secured to the bar as though moored there. Whitli was headfasted at closing, attached to the counter by loyalty and one unfinished drink. headfired adj. Drunk in a way that sends a smaller, erratic blaze ahead of the evening's larger collapse. Omaria went headfired through the kitchen, setting off minor conversations before the party caught up. headfished adj. Describing a drinker who circles conversations silently, like a broad, solemn creature in open water. headfited adj. A drinker who erupts over a minor inconvenience, then requires three companions to explain the inconvenience. Deeqa went headfited when the olives arrived in the wrong bowl, and Fardi moved the glasses. headflipped adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to follow the conversation begins with a rapid change of direction. Rayneisha grew headflipped, turning towards each new speaker before the previous sentence had ended. headfolded adj. The state of being drunk and folded into the group, contributing chiefly a shoulder and occasional agreement. Kirubel spent the taxi ride headfolded against Janvier, agreeing softly with every reported destination. headfootered adj. The condition of a drinker who travels by small, uncertain movements while others provide the direction. Maor arrived headfootered, advancing across the garden while Sendi supplied the necessary steering. headframed adj. The drunkenness of one who remains above the proceedings, while several companions support the machinery below. headfucked adj. Reduced by drink to treating an ordinary question as a complicated assault on the brain. Sunia was headfucked by a perfectly ordinary question about whose round it was. headfuckeried adj. Softened by drink into supplying confusing material to everyone who had hoped for a simple answer. Naileah grew headfuckeried over coffee, leaving Tirian to translate the account of last night. headfulled adj. Sharpened by drink into carrying a crowded assortment of facts, grievances and irrelevant recollections. Aldwin became headfulled at dinner, presenting Trudy with facts about every person in the room. headgamed adj. Loosened by drink into testing the company with elaborate hints, feints and unnecessary emotional strategy. Dezerea went headgamed with Shardey, implying a secret grievance rather than asking for the salt. headgated adj. Emboldened by drink to regulate the conversation, admitting topics selectively and shutting others out without warning. headgeared (/ˈhɛdɡɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone putting protective equipment on before every social manoeuvre.