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containmented (/kənˈteɪnməntd/) adj. You have drunk enough to remain within the pub, despite having repeatedly announced your departure. Kharisma was containmented, still inside after three solemn attempts to leave. contakioned adj. Softened by drink into supplying both sides of a hymn's dialogue, including the choir. Tornisha went contakioned and answered her own chorus beside the fruit machine. contaminanted (/kənˈtamɪnəntd/) adj. Of a drinker who has introduced foreign matter into the round, usually crisps, receipts or a coat. Jahdari became contaminanted after dropping a glove into the communal bowl. contaminationed (/kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃənd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has spread the evening into every coat, glass and available route home. Safiyah grew contaminationed, leaving pub tokens in pockets that were not hers. contaminatored adj. A drinker who introduces one harmless but unmistakable impurity into every round. Abaigael became contaminatored after putting a bus ticket in the fruit bowl. contango dayed adj. Drunk enough to postpone payment until the day before tomorrow, when the matter can be forgotten properly. Breh went contango dayed and promised to settle the bar tab on its penultimate day. contangoed adj. A drinker so far gone that the promised final round is always more expensive and later than the present one. Jerimey was contangoed, valuing the future round above the one already in his hand. contecked adj. The condition of a drinker who turns the choice of route home into heated debate. Dantrel was contecked, arguing that every taxi rank was constitutionally inferior. conted adj. The state of being drunk and behaving as though the coat-check attendant were a hereditary dignitary. Viraat was conted and addressed the cloakroom attendant as though granting a title. contemnered adj. The drunkenness of one who regards last orders, taxi queues and sensible advice with marked contempt. Rechelle was contemnered and dismissed the taxi queue as an institution beneath her. contemnored adj. Reduced by drink to treating the coat stand as a court and every objection as contempt. Achilleus was contemnored, holding proceedings against anyone who touched his coat. contemped adj. The drunkenness of one who compresses every present-tense judgement into an abbreviation and expects it understood. Donja became contemped and reduced the evening’s conclusions to initials. contemperationed adj. Softened by drink into moderating every plan until another round appears reasonable. Chitara was contemperationed and reduced the proposed walk home to a short drink nearby. contemperatured (/kənˈtɛmpəɹətjʊə(ɹ)d/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a perfectly proportioned mixture of confidence, delay and misplaced direction. Berlena was contemperatured, balancing the coat, the receipt and the wrong set of keys. contemplanted adj. Loosened by drink into regarding the taxi rank as a suitable place for prolonged private thought. Kenley was contemplanted beside the taxi rank, studying the timetable without reading it. contemplationed (/ˌkɒntəmˈpleɪʃənd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to consider the route home at length without taking any part of it. Harjan was contemplationed, standing beneath the pub sign and reconsidering every available street.