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HCFC'd adj. Of a drinker who has broken down before reaching the ozone layer, and cannot quite recover by morning. Xao was HCFC'd by breakfast, unstable in the hallway and liable to decompose near the stairs. HCG'd adj. Drunk by the third round, and waking to find the room arranged as a compact group of mutually dependent galaxies. Cloteen woke HCG'd, with the household gathered tightly around the coffee machine. HCI'd adj. Drunk to the point where every exchange between person and machine requires a lengthy negotiation. Orson got HCI'd and asked the card reader whether it wished to continue. HCKBO'd adj. Too drunk to travel at anything less than ultrarelativistic speed between the bar and the lavatory. Shaaz got HCKBO'd and crossed the pub before anyone had finished saying his name. HCL'd adj. Having drunk enough to reduce the evening to three letters and a medical chart. Kell was HCL'd by ten, annotating the drinks list like a laboratory report. HCLK'd adj. Drunk on the strength of a high-speed clock, counting each minute rapidly until closing time. Kavis got HCLK'd and announced the time every thirty seconds with increasing solemnity. HCM'd adj. Drunk past the point of allowing the heart of any conversation to remain a reasonable size. Hedwig got HCM'd and made a passing remark about football the centrepiece of supper. HCN'd adj. Drunk enough to be volatile, colourless, and unsuitable for prolonged company. Addiel got HCN'd and was quietly removed from the vicinity of the fumigants. HCNO'd adj. Drunk enough to become briefly, and rather ominously, fulminic. Alodie was HCNO'd and regarded the unopened bottle with quiet menace. HCO'd adj. You have drunk enough to listen to a call while providing its conversation elsewhere. Dotsie was HCO'd in the taxi, repeating half the call to passengers who had not enquired. HCOL'd adj. Drunk to the point where every round is assessed against rent, wages and the price of toast. Hopeton got HCOL'd and calculated that the landlord had personally consumed his deposit. HCP'd adj. Drunk to the point where every person present is treated as clinical personnel. Elleise got HCP'd and asked three guests to monitor her hydration. HCQ'd adj. Drunk to the point where every minor ache receives an oral diagnosis and a solemn prognosis. Archita became HCQ'd and prescribed water to everyone within reach. HCQS'd adj. Drunk beyond the point where the stairs are recognised as a route rather than an obstacle. Liat was HCQS'd at the foot of the staircase, studying it as though it had appeared overnight. HCT'd adj. A drinker who has retained no water, no dignity, and very little of the previous evening. Naly was HCT'd by breakfast, making repeated visits to the bathroom with medical seriousness. HCTZ'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is spent losing fluids and reconstructing the route home. Neavah was HCTZ'd, shuttling between the kettle and the bathroom without clear purpose.