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heart bonded adj. Drunk by the third round, and joining every conversation in the middle, with the joint neatly covered afterwards. Christionna got heart bonded before last orders, meeting two separate conversations at their shared centre. heart breakered adj. Slowed by drink to apologising to the person whose heart was broken, then forgetting the apology. Cleophis was heart breakered by breakfast, offering Shalyric the same apology twice. heart caked adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarding the final small cake as a complete and reasonable supper. Ashelee became heart caked after last orders and carried a queen cake towards the taxi rank. heart cammed adj. Still drunk, and turning the evening by its wheel towards whichever pub appears next. Mattigan was heart cammed, steering the departing party towards a bar nobody had mentioned. heart checked adj. Too drunk to distinguish a greeting from a challenge at the taxi queue. Mykah grew heart checked after last orders and squared up to the driver about the fare. heart clovered adj. Sufficiently drunk to spread through the evening in four directions, taking every possible route home. heart diseased adj. Having drunk enough to make the walk home laborious, congested and accompanied by short rests. heart eyessed adj. Having drunk more than enough to see romance in every illuminated sign on the journey home. Remley got heart eyessed and blew a kiss to the glowing pharmacy sign. heart failured adj. You have drunk enough to lose momentum between the pub door and the waiting taxi. heart lined adj. A drinker who reads the route home from the palm, and finds several incompatible destinations. heart massaged adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home requires repeated verbal resuscitation. Kamilo was heart massaged between rounds, revived briefly whenever someone mentioned the taxi. heart murmured adj. The state of being drunk and making a soft, continuous sound whenever last orders are mentioned. Seretta became heart murmured in the taxi queue, answering every question with a thoughtful hum. heart muscled adj. The condition of a drinker who treats the journey home as a test of cardiac strength. Darsy went heart muscled after the fourth round and marched heroically towards the wrong station. heart necklined adj. Still drunk, and presenting the night's final fastening as though it were suitable formal wear for the journey home. Annysa went heart necklined after last orders and refused the offered cardigan. heart noted adj. Reduced by drink to the middle note of the evening: neither first round nor final farewell. heart of glassed (/ˌhɑːt ə ˈɡlɑːsd/) adj. Softened by drink into a fragile optimism that breaks upon hearing the last bus has gone. Zaheem grew heart of glassed when the final bus departed, taking the news with romantic resignation.