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Cockney rhyming slanged adj. Loosened by drink into replacing ordinary household requests with increasingly abbreviated puzzles. Kylinn got Cockney rhyming slanged and asked for a dog instead of the television remote. Cockneydomed adj. Emboldened by drink to declare the sitting room a sovereign territory and close its borders. Tationna became Cockneydomed and refused entry to anyone carrying laundry. Cockneyed (/ˈkɒk.nid/) adj. Sharpened by drink into having a decisive opinion about where every household object belongs. Vikramjit was Cockneyed and moved the bread bin three inches to improve the room. Cockneyesed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every household instruction requires a second attempt. Deisi was Cockneyesed and took three minutes to explain that the glass was beside her hand. Cocopaed adj. Drunk and quietly reorganising the kitchen into a system comprehensible only to the person who made it. Aariyona was Cocopaed and stored the spoons beside the cushions for reasons withheld. Cocopahed adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa, the blanket and the water glass form one settled arrangement. Everitt was Cocopahed by half past ten, reachable only by sliding the water along the carpet. Cocos Islandered adj. Drunk enough to make the journey from the kitchen to the sofa seem geographically ambitious. Anaiah was Cocos Islandered and rested halfway between the kettle and the sitting room. Cocos rupeed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that the plastic token is not suitable payment for the takeaway. Emilia-rose became Cocos rupeed and tried to settle the supper bill with a button. Codavaed adj. Drunk to the point where the atlas has become a personal memoir and the bathroom a distant province. Chiante became Codavaed and described the pub as though charting unexplored territory. Codd bottled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves pressure safely contained until somebody opens the kitchen door. Pennie was Codd bottled, silent on the sofa but audibly under pressure whenever anyone spoke. Codd-neck bottled adj. Drunk, with the result that a glass of water is treated as a sealed vessel requiring specialist handling. Ravnoor was Codd-neck bottled and shook the water glass before deciding it was unsafe. Codded adj. Drunk beyond accepting charity from the cupboard, and now waiting for the biscuits to provide it. Amiyah was Codded and sat patiently before the biscuit tin, which had offered no assurances. Coddington magnifiered adj. Drunk to a degree that every crumb on the kitchen surface acquires an investigative significance. Arlo-blu was Coddington magnifiered and examined a toast crumb beside the sink. Coed adj. Of a drinker: a company of one, with several departments represented by the same person. Lucia became Coed and held a board meeting with the kitchen bin. Coele-Syrianed (/ˌsiːliˈsɪɹi.ənd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and now inhabiting the hollow country between the kitchen and the sofa. Arcola was Coele-Syrianed, stranded in the hall with a glass of water and no clear destination. Coeur d'Alened (/kɜɹdəˈleɪnd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and regarding the water glass as the emotional centre of the household. Jermayne was Coeur d'Alened and kept checking whether the water glass still felt supported.