C - Page 1434
cockchafered (/ˈkɒkˌt͡ʃeɪfɚd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a destructive beetle among the refreshments, consuming leaves, garnish and eventually the plant. Sakeenah went cockchafered and dismantled the buffet's decorative greenery between courses. cockcrowed adj. Sharpened by drink into treating the first light as a public summons and the household as its audience. Girolama went cockcrowed before dawn and summoned the neighbours to witness the changing sky. cockcrowinged adj. Loosened by drink into repeated dawn calls, with companions unable to establish whether morning has arrived. Renesha became cockcrowinged and announced daybreak from the bathroom window every twenty minutes. cocked (/kɒkd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that he mistakes every nearby male bird for an authority figure. Pallie got cocked and asked the ornamental rooster to settle the bill. cocked hat curved adj. Slowed by drink to follow a graceful arc across the room, never reaching the intended point directly. Parmis went cocked hat curved and approached the lavatory by way of every available table. cocked hat doubled adj. Drunk and attempting an elaborate billiards route, while preserving neither the cue ball nor the evening's goodwill. Rebeccajo became cocked hat doubled and played the opening shot from the drinks trolley. cocked hatted adj. Emboldened by drink to command the room in imaginary formal headgear, issuing orders nobody had requested. Tyazia got cocked hatted and appointed herself marshal of the queue for the cloakroom. cockentriced adj. Drunk to the point where your social self appears assembled from incompatible halves, each speaking to a different guest. Jariyah went cockentriced, charming the grandparents while her other half argued with the coat stand. cocker spanielled adj. Drunk past the point of choosing between eager friendliness and damp-eyed persistence, leaving companions to manage both. Zhanel became cocker spanielled and followed the host from room to room seeking reassurance. cockered (/ˈkɒkəd/) adj. Drunk enough to organise the company into opposing camps and commentate upon their contest. Giovoni got cockered and divided the dining room into teams over the question of gravy. cockerelled (/ˈkɒkəɹəld/) adj. Drunk beyond adult discretion, crowing at minor triumphs while the surrounding adults quietly arrange transport. Mekensie went cockerelled after finding her coat, and celebrated as though she had won a prize. cockermeged adj. Of a drinker who has arranged himself beneath the table and is supporting the evening adequately. Verleen remained beneath the table, cockermeged but not yet obstructive. cockerneyed adj. Drunk to the extent of giving every syllable its own uncertain route out of the mouth. Kidada grew cockerneyed, with each sentence taking the long way round her tongue. cockernonied adj. Describing a drinker who has gathered what remains of the evening into a compact bundle. Nykeia became cockernonied shortly after the music stopped. cockernonnied adj. A drinker who has folded the evening neatly out of sight. Karrena was cockernonnied before anyone found her coat. cockerpooed adj. Of a drinker: crossbred in judgement, overfriendly in manner, and incapable of passing a puddle sensibly. Tayjon became cockerpooed and befriended a mop beside the lavatories.