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HDR'd adj. A drinker who has become a hot, dry surface on which further plans cannot safely land. Amirie was HDR'd and declined gravy on the grounds of geological stability. HDRI'd adj. Emboldened by drink to describe the room's shadows and highlights with unnecessary precision. Iziaha got HDRI'd and adjusted the lamp while discussing tonal range. HDSL'd adj. Drunk to a degree that messages travel slowly from the kitchen to the sofa, if they arrive at all. Sal was HDSL'd and spent ten minutes sending the same request for water to the family group. HDT'd adj. Drunk and unable to decide whether the temperature of the previous evening was a measurement or a warning. Arleene was HDT'd at breakfast, testing the tea repeatedly without ever committing to a temperature. HDTV'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and rendering the sofa, the television and the abandoned glass of water with remarkable clarity. Amelie-mae was HDTV'd and described every cushion on the sofa in broadcast detail. HDV'd adj. Drunk and assigning every disagreement a further letter, preferably Greek. Shlomo got HDV'd and labelled the argument delta before ordering another pint. HDVI'd adj. Too drunk to distinguish a straight line from the kitchen to the sofa, despite having drawn one. Kamahao was HDVI'd and navigated towards the water along a vector of increasing uncertainty. HE'd adj. Drunk to the point where a raised voice produces a shock wave throughout the room. Haleema got HE'd and announced the taxi's arrival from the doorstep. HE-double-L'd adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the euphemism seem needlessly formal. Linux was HE-double-L'd and declined to say where the night had gone. HE-double-hockey-sticksed adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a childish description for a fairly adult condition. Hildagarde was HE-double-hockey-sticksed and blamed the lost glove on geography. HE-double-toothpicksed adj. Drunk on the strength of a phrase so indirect that it barely survives the pronunciation. Rodnika was HE-double-toothpicksed and used the expression with careful solemnity. HEA'd adj. Of a drinker: composed of several substantial elements, yet somehow maintaining one crystalline phase. Syrinity went HEA'd and united three unrelated pub arguments into one stable structure. HEAT'd adj. Drunk past the point of making a shaped charge of one precise complaint. Genese got HEAT'd and directed a remarkably focused objection at the jukebox. HEDLA'd adj. Of a drinker: absorbed in the high-energy astrophysics of a dropped spoon and unable to leave the kitchen. Jakarious was HEDLA'd, studying the spoon's trajectory from the sofa as though it were stellar evidence. HEDP'd adj. Drunk and examining the evening as though it were a small, energetic physical experiment. Dedrie got HEDP'd and inspected the fizz in every glass. HEENT'd adj. You have drunk enough to inspect the head, eyes, ears, nose and throat of every coat on the way out. Kafi got HEENT'd and examined each coat before admitting none belonged to him.