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cochairmanshipped adj. Too drunk to exercise sole authority, yet perfectly prepared to share it formally with whoever is nearest. Masah was cochairmanshipped and divided responsibility for the bill between herself and a lamp. cochairpersonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to chair proceedings jointly, particularly where no proceedings have been convened. Zanayla was cochairpersonned with the barman, despite no meeting being scheduled. cochairwomanned adj. Having drunk enough to preside jointly over an imaginary committee with impeccable procedural confidence. Salwa was cochairwomanned and requested minutes from a conversation about crisps. cochalled adj. Having drunk more than the evening warranted, and acquired the compact, ribbed persistence of a desert cactus. Sowsan was cochalled and remained upright beside the bar long after the music stopped. cochampioned adj. You have drunk enough to become joint champion of an event nobody has organised. Tanayjah was cochampioned after defeating no one in a closely observed contest of balance. cochaperoned adj. You are drunk and regulating the conduct of someone who was never under your supervision. Elzada was cochaperoned, monitoring a stranger's conversation from the end of the bar. cochaperoninned adj. Of a drinker: forming an elaborate partnership with the evening's protective arrangements, none of which requested assistance. Ayunna was cochaperoninned, regulating the group while misplacing her own handbag. cocharactered adj. Of a drinker who has transformed a minor personal trait into a formal mapping between personalities. Laureano was cocharactered and assigned each guest a corresponding version of himself. cochayuyoed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the pliancy, bulk and marine persistence of edible seaweed. Kayvan was cochayuyoed, spreading gradually across the bench after the final round. cochiefed adj. A drinker so far gone that joint command appears preferable to making a decision alone. Pabla was cochiefed and appointed the nearest stranger to oversee the walk home. cochinchinenened adj. The state of being drunk and antibacterial in a manner neither medically useful nor socially requested. Romas was cochinchinenened and claimed the pub table required flavonoid protection. cochineal figged adj. Reduced by drink to a cultivated cactus, defended by spines and unexpectedly useful to small insects. Emmie-may was cochineal figged, flourishing beside the patio heater with commendable prickliness. cochinealed (/ˌkɒt͡ʃɪˈniːld/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has settled among prickly companions and furnished the room with unnecessary red. Khandra was cochinealed, perched among sharp elbows and flushed with professional intensity. cochinelic acided adj. Softened by drink into a compound whose structure is intricate, aromatic and no longer entirely trustworthy. Elver was cochinelic acided and explained the molecular arrangement to an empty plate. cochinilled adj. The drunkenness of one who has adopted an obsolete spelling and refuses all modern assistance. Marya was cochinilled and corrected the spelling on a menu nobody had challenged. cochinita pibilled adj. Sharpened by drink into slow-roasted certainty, with every opinion sealed beneath a seasoned exterior. Sylena was cochinita pibilled, reclining heavily while defending the evening's chosen marinade.