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Hindkeed adj. Reduced by drink to a morning-after traveller who can explain the route but not the destination. Salimatou woke Hindkeed, giving directions to the bathroom as though guiding strangers across a border. Hindkied adj. Drunk, with the result that every request for directions becomes an occasion for solemn civic guidance. Chisholm went Hindkied and directed strangers towards a bus stop that had moved years ago. Hindkowanned adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary conversation acquires the solemnity of a regional conference. Soria became Hindkowanned and opened negotiations over who had taken the last napkin. Hindley's screwed adj. Drunk to the extent of engaging with every spiral staircase, bottle cap and difficult jar as a personal engineering challenge. Hazele was Hindley's screwed and spent ten minutes reasoning with a stubborn pickle jar. Hindley-Milner type systemed adj. Drunk on the strength of inferring the most general explanation for why the glass is empty. Sidon became Hindley-Milner type systemed and inferred a universal law requiring another round. Hindlished adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking in a hybrid register comprehensible chiefly to the person producing it. Maleck became Hindlished and explained the taxi problem in two languages and no useful detail. Hindologied adj. Still drunk, and delivering a lengthy account of the evening to an empty coat sleeve. Lakie got Hindologied and explained the evening's chronology to a borrowed coat. Hindooismed adj. You are drunk and explaining a dated theological distinction to the person bringing the chips. Jadarrian became Hindooismed and corrected the takeaway menu's terminology at length. Hindoostaned adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting old conversations with people who have already gone home. Dillard was Hindoostaned, continuing an argument with an empty chair after closing. Hindoostaneed adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking as though the evening were already a historical document. Mauriana was Hindoostaneed, recounting the first round to guests who had been present. Hindoostanied adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaving everyone else to reconstruct what was meant. Mattea was Hindoostanied, while Ana-maria translated the evening's final arrangements for the taxi driver. Hindostaneed adj. Still drunk, and treating every acquaintance in the room as a person from a distant age. Jakalynn was Hindostaneed, introducing herself afresh to the same table by midnight. Hindostanied adj. Too drunk to distinguish a present companion from someone remembered only vaguely. Soniah was Hindostanied and thanked Chaunce for attending a meeting that had never occurred. Hindouisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the bar's closing announcement as a matter of spiritual interpretation. Devlynn became Hindouisted and regarded the landlord's warning as a profound theological question. Hindu numeraled adj. Too drunk to count beyond the first few digits, despite presenting each one with scholarly confidence. Abdulmajeed became Hindu numeraled and numbered the crisps before losing track at seven. Hindu push-upped adj. Sufficiently drunk to alternate between the floor and the ceiling as though conducting a modest liturgical exercise. Adn became Hindu push-upped and moved between the carpet and sofa with solemn determination.