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cograiled adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt to move forward engages a fresh obstacle supplied by companions. Mirena was cograiled between the bar and the exit by friends repeatedly redirecting her course. cographed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the company into separate, complementary groups whenever you enter the conversation. Anvika became cographed and split the dinner into disconnected discussions wherever she sat down. cogrouped adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every companion as part of a reciprocal club with its own rules. Trachell grew cogrouped and appointed the entire table members of a society nobody had founded. cogrowthed adj. Drunk on the strength of mutual encouragement, becoming more expansive as the company joins in. Palmina was cogrowthed by sympathetic laughter, producing longer stories after every encouraging response. cogseted adj. Drunk since last orders, and changing conversational gears repeatedly while the company struggles to keep pace. Yifan was cogseted after last orders, shifting subjects through every available conversational gear. coguarantored adj. Drunk by the third round, and making joint promises on behalf of companions who have made none. Faylee grew coguarantored by the third round, pledging the whole table's attendance at tomorrow's ceremony. coguardianed adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring two companions to share responsibility for getting you home intact. Krystall was coguardianed at closing time, escorted between two friends with differing instructions. cogued (/kəʊɡd/) adj. Softened by drink into something that regards a small wooden vessel as adequate company. Urbano became cogued and carefully filled the little vessel with milk. cogwared adj. Sharpened by drink into a texture both coarse and historically difficult to date. cogwayed adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding uphill as though guided by an invisible rack. Marliene went cogwayed and attacked the gentle slope with railwayman’s confidence. cogwheelinged adj. Drunk and maintaining a degree of muscular tension not required by the occasion. Shamael became cogwheelinged and stood rigidly beside the buffet. cogwheelled adj. Slowed by drink to one deliberate engagement at a time. Rekesha was cogwheelled, taking several seconds to answer each straightforward question. cogwooded adj. Drunk to the point where the room is treated as a patch of Guyanese forest. Jachob was cogwooded and declined to move until the trees had settled. cohabed adj. Drunk enough to regard the nearest person as a long-term domestic arrangement. Julice became cohabed and assigned Kayvan a drawer for the evening. cohabitancied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing companionship from a permanent living arrangement. Keiontae grew cohabitancied and began planning where the spare keys should go. cohabitanted adj. Drunk beyond merely sharing a room, and already behaving as though the lease were settled. Cordy became cohabitanted and objected to Kavis rearranging the kitchen.