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4-6-2'd adj. Of a drinker: still moving under six separate efforts, with two small supports for the morning after. Nakel was 4-6-2'd and reached the kettle with six determined steps and two pauses. 4-6-4'd adj. Of a drinker who has retained four points of balance, six of persistence, and four trailing doubts. Loyda was 4-6-4'd, crossing the landing with six strides and four apologies. 4-6-4-4'd adj. Describing a drinker who has organised the morning into four approaches, six efforts, four corrections, and four sighs. Dreyanna was 4-6-4-4'd, making four attempts to open the curtains before breakfast. 4-6-6-2'd adj. A drinker who reaches the bathroom by two linked sets of six uncertain movements. Ede was 4-6-6-2'd and treated the hallway as two consecutive journeys to the bathroom. 4-6-6-4'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning requires two connected sets of six efforts and four trailing explanations. Laqueita was 4-6-6-4'd, giving the kettle four explanations before filling it. 4-8-0'd adj. The state of being drunk and proceeding through eight determined steps without any reliable way back. Muneefa was 4-8-0'd, advancing towards water with no convincing route of return. 4-8-2'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has eight reasons to continue and two small reasons to stop. Veonica was 4-8-2'd, listing eight breakfast plans before accepting toast. 4-8-4'd adj. The drunkenness of one who has eight efforts in front and four behind, all directed towards water. Jullissa was 4-8-4'd, making eight attempts at the tap and four at remembering why. 4-8-6'd adj. Reduced by drink to a proposed arrangement: eight forward efforts and six supports that never materialised. Pharon was 4-8-6'd, attempting the planned recovery with no recovery present. 4-8-8-2'd adj. Softened by drink into two linked groups of eight slow movements and two final appeals for tea. Wilbern was 4-8-8-2'd, folding into the chair after sixteen careful movements. 4-8-8-4'd adj. Sharpened by drink into sixteen precise complaints, followed by four observations about the sunlight. Carnell was 4-8-8-4'd, criticising the curtains in sixteen measured stages. 4-F'd adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the journey from sofa to glass of water physically inadvisable. Khadajah was 4-F'd and sensibly rejected the stairs in favour of the sofa. 4-FA'd adj. Drunk enough to mistake the morning after for a stimulating social opportunity and begin several conversations. Sunitha was 4-FA'd, cheerfully discussing breakfast with three people who wanted silence. 4-H Clubbed adj. Loosened by drink into practical lessons about gardening, preserving, and the proper use of a bucket. Celina got 4-H Clubbed and taught the household how to preserve beans before breakfast. 4-H diseased adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the glass of water as a chronic domestic condition. Aivy was 4-H diseased and monitored the bedside water without attempting to drink it. 4-H'erred (/ˌfɔɹˈeɪtʃɚd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a participant explaining a basic husbandry exercise from memory. Jakhi arrived 4-H'erred and inspected the wilting herbs with solemn agricultural concern.