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clivitied adj. Drunk to the point where every journey across the room becomes an ascent or descent. Loghan was clivitied, treating the level kitchen floor as a considerable gradient. clivorined adj. Drunk enough to induce apoptosis in the liver's remaining confidence, then request toast. Alisan became clivorined and asked the kitchen to provide something absorbent. clivused (/ˈklaɪvəsd/) adj. Drunk past the point of remaining level, with the head settling into a shallow backward slope. Jmari got clivused and spent the remainder of the evening sliding gently into the sofa. clked adj. Too drunk to read the clock, but sufficiently confident to announce its findings to the room. Caseyann was clked and informed everyone that the clock had moved backwards. cllred adj. Emboldened by drink to address the assembled company as though elected to represent them. clo' propped adj. Reduced by drink to a forked certainty, holding up a sagging plan with misplaced confidence. Alabama became clo' propped and supported the collapsing schedule with two contradictory explanations. clo'esed (/klozd/) adj. Of a drinker: dressed for the weather in every garment available, including somebody else's. Taunie got clo'esed before the pub quiz and arrived wearing two waistcoats. cloacaed (/kləʊˈeɪkəd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become the evening's open drain for grievances, spillages and unwanted advice. Emyleigh went cloacaed after closing and absorbed every complaint at the bar. cloacal kissed adj. Describing a drinker who has pressed foreheads with a companion while exchanging nothing useful whatsoever. Emroy got cloacal kissed beside the fruit machine and forgot whose round it was. cloacinided adj. A drinker so far gone that he has taken up residence in the pub's least sanitary corner. Mashala became cloacinided beneath the hand dryer and declined the offered chair. cloacinned adj. A drinker who has developed a small but effective defence against every attempt to end the conversation. Honey-rose went cloacinned when asked whether she wanted a taxi home. cloacitised adj. The state of being drunk and increasingly inflamed by the mere presence of other customers. Jocelinne grew cloacitised when the table behind her ordered another round. cloak bagged adj. Reduced by drink to a portable case, packed with coats and deposited wherever there is room. Haani became cloak bagged beside the settle, carrying three jackets and no memory of their owners. cloak ferned adj. Softened by drink into a quiet frond in the corner, spreading gently across the furniture. Rhaniya went cloak ferned beneath the pub's hanging coats and stopped answering questions. cloak roomed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the coat check from the lavatory, and treating both as offices. Dajoure went cloak roomed and spent half an hour guarding the umbrellas. cloak-and-swordered adj. Sharpened by drink into a theatrical challenger, defending the honour of the last pork scratchings. Callum-junior got cloak-and-swordered over a disputed game of shove ha'penny.