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HC'd adj. Drunk, with the result that every small irritation is treated as a bicarbonate requiring immediate neutralisation. Cyaira was HC'd and attempted to buffer the disagreement with a packet of crisps. HCA'd adj. Drunk enough to require a calm escort, a glass of water and firm assistance with the final three stairs. Noahjames was HCA'd from the party, with one friend managing the coat and another managing the staircase.
HCAP'd adj. Slowed by drink to a pneumonia-like pace, requiring the whole party to wait for each sentence. Zeak was HCAP'd and needed the group to pause between every two words. HCC'd adj. You are drunk and treating the liver as the headquarters from which all household decisions proceed. O'shea was HCC'd, issuing liver-based instructions about the washing-up from the sofa. HCE'd adj. Drunk and behaving as though the evening's compensation entitles you to the last word and the last taxi. Humayl was HCE'd by closing time and negotiated personally for the final cab. HCEO'd adj. You are drunk and issuing enforcement notices against decisions nobody has yet made. Ethny got HCEO'd and ordered the group to vacate the restaurant before ordering food. HCF'd adj. Of a drinker: reduced to the highest common factor of two feet and one handrail. Aarilyn was HCF'd, supported by the greatest common arrangement available. 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.