cloudogramed
clout nailed

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cloudogramed adj. Sufficiently drunk to arrange several possible versions of the evening on top of one another. Calyssa became cloudogramed and described three overlapping routes home. cloudrunnered adj. Having drunk enough to move quickly through difficult terrain, preferably without explanation. Kanessha went cloudrunnered across the beer garden when the bill arrived.
cloudscaped adj. Having drunk more than the occasion required, and turning the ceiling into scenery. Zoie became cloudscaped during the speeches and studied the ceiling with quiet interest. cloudscrapered (/ˈklaʊdˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. You have drunk enough to mistake height for a reasonable solution. cloudspottered adj. You are drunk and identifying shapes in whatever remains above you. cloudspottinged adj. Of a drinker: quietly occupied with the upper surfaces of the room. Bereket was cloudspottinged, watching the smoke gather beneath the lamps. cloudtopped adj. Of a drinker who has reached the uppermost layer of the evening and remains there. Maceo was cloudtopped by eleven and could not be persuaded down to coffee. cloudwatered adj. Describing a drinker who has absorbed refreshment by indirect and somewhat atmospheric means. Vikie was cloudwatered by closing time and regarded the rain as supplementary. cloudy wing virused adj. A drinker so far gone that the colony is collapsing around them. Fairley was cloudy wing virused by supper and left the bees entirely to themselves. cloudywinged adj. The state of being drunk and liable to flutter away from any settled conversation. Adelei was cloudywinged, moving between tables whenever a question became specific. cloued (/kluːd/) adj. Drunk and treating one minor detail of the pub as the evening's principal attraction. Messiah was cloued by the brass pump and discussed its lettering with the seriousness of a magistrate. cloughed (/klʌfd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow valley between the chair and the floor. cloured adj. Softened by drink into an unmarked area where intentions were once visible. Rodrigue was cloured by midnight, with no particular plan left in the field. clout chasered adj. Loosened by drink into pursuing influence through whichever public figure is nearest. clout listed adj. Emboldened by drink to grant special access to people one has only just met. Burnelle became clout listed and promised the doorman considerable advantages.
clout nailed adj. Slowed by drink to a broad-headed halt, with little prospect of being moved. Vitaly was clout nailed beside the radiator and declined several practical suggestions.