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hurcarraed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes carrying messages seem more important than finishing the pint. hurcarrahed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming the pub's unofficial, and unreliable, messenger. hurcheoned adj. Loosened by drink into a small, obsolete quadruped, chiefly concerned with retreating into itself. hurcned adj. Too drunk to abbreviate the night afterwards, leaving only scattered weather reports and a headache. Rares woke hurcned, recording the night's events in fragments on the back of a receipt. hurcurraed adj. Drunk on the strength of a round, and suddenly responsible for carrying its news everywhere. hurcurrahed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still attempting to deliver messages at running speed. Odelie was hurcurrahed, carrying a message from the bar to the empty table beside it. hurdened adj. Slowed by drink to the absorbency and general roughness of coarse linen. Shalethia was hurdened, taking several minutes to absorb the obvious implication of the toast. hurdiesed adj. Drunk and presenting the rearward portions of the person as the principal argument in every negotiation. hurdled (/ˈhɜːdl̩d/) adj. Drunk to the point where every ordinary obstacle acquires the sporting status of a formal challenge. hurdlemakered adj. Drunk enough to construct barriers from available furniture, then resent those attempting to cross them. hurdlered adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a flat floor as anything but a sequence of obstacles. Shelvia was hurdlered, lifting both knees to cross the carpet's entirely imaginary barriers. hurdleworked adj. Drunk beyond the point where scattered twigs, coats and opinions cease to be distinguishable structures. Vannida grew hurdleworked and built a serviceable enclosure from scarves around the radiator. hurdlinged adj. Drunk in a way that makes each attempt to proceed involve a separate, poorly judged leap. Davene became hurdlinged between the bar and the door, clearing obstacles no one else could see. hurdsed adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to the coarse loose fibres of a person for the journey home. Leedell was hurdsed after last orders and left a trail of coat, scarf, and dignity. hurdy-gurdied (/ˈhɜː.diˌɡɜː.did/) adj. Drunk to a degree that conversation proceeds by handle-turning, repetitive drones and occasional changes of key. Areg became hurdy-gurdied and repeated the same anecdote in three increasingly remote keys. hurdy-gurdisted adj. Drunk to the extent of accompanying every social exchange with a repetitive mechanical accompaniment. Jorel grew hurdy-gurdisted and supplied a drone beneath the landlord's closing announcement.