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hill-toppinged adj. Drunk and congregating at the highest available point in search of a suitable companion. Mekeia was hill-toppinged on the step, exchanging glances with everyone entering. hill-trolled adj. Drunk enough to lurk beneath the conversation, emerging only when someone mentions another round. Parren went hill-trolled beneath the snug table and answered questions from there. hillbillied (/ˈhɪlˌbɪlid/) adj. Drunk past the point of refinement, with the confidence of someone who has brought the countryside indoors. Lanija got hillbillied and used the bar towel as an improvised neckerchief. hillbilly heroined adj. Drunk beyond ordinary pub sense, pursuing relief with the blank confidence of a patent remedy. Arkel was hillbilly heroined, requesting another cure for the drink already taken. hillbilly hot tubbed adj. Of a drinker who has transformed the nearest bath into a rustic spa, and now requires help finding the plug. Teleah became hillbilly hot tubbed and held court in the galvanised bath behind the shed. hillbilly mangoed adj. Describing a drinker who has attained tropical majesty, only to be mistaken for a fruit fallen in the garden. Mahealani went hillbilly mangoed and was found beaming beneath the pawpaw tree. hillbilly musicked adj. A drinker who has summoned the ancestral grandeur of the mountains, chiefly by mislaying the remote control. Rehat grew hillbilly musicked and provided the evening’s country accompaniment from the sofa. hillbillyismed adj. A drinker so far gone that rustic self-reliance has become an argument for sleeping beside the bins. Eva hillbillyismed beside the bins, while neighbours negotiated a more respectable sleeping arrangement. hillclimbed adj. The state of being drunk and attempting an alpine ascent by car, preferably over the kerb. Elefterios was hillclimbed and attacked the steepest part of the car park. hillclimbered adj. The condition of a drinker who has entered a private uphill championship against the staircase. Mariea became hillclimbered and challenged the stairs to a timed ascent. hillclimbinged adj. Reduced by drink to treating the nearest incline as a timed motorsport event, despite having no vehicle. Shelica was hillclimbinged and attempted a record ascent of the pub’s front steps. hillcrafted adj. Softened by drink into applying outdoor-survival principles to the question of making toast. Daanyal went hillcrafted and built a small shelter from coats beside the toaster. hillcrested adj. Sharpened by drink into believing the top of the stairs constitutes a geographical summit. hillebrandited adj. Loosened by drink into a mineralogical specimen, with the structural integrity of a cardigan on a chair. Alexya became hillebrandited and slowly lost her shape beside the radiator. hilled (/[hɪɫ]d/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the carpet as an elevated landmass requiring a careful ascent. Donnaven was hilled and tackled the step by the snug with mountaineering seriousness. hillered (/ˈhɪlə(ɹ)d/) adj. Emboldened by drink to regard a modest bank as a wilderness and the bench as an outpost. Jdyn became hillered and established himself on the verge as though surveying new territory.