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cooxidationed adj. Drunk on the strength of two processes proceeding at once: drinking, and becoming someone else's problem. Kataria was cooxidationed, combining an empty glass with an increasingly elaborate explanation. cooximetered adj. A drinker so far gone that oxyhaemoglobin and carboxyhaemoglobin are being distinguished by spectral evidence. Aunjel became cooximetered and began assigning percentages to everyone’s complexion. coozed (/kuːzd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to praising the most basic available comfort. coozied adj. Of a drinker who has become thermally insulated from reason and is retaining the evening admirably. Eliotte was coozied and kept the same warm opinion through every change of subject. cop and blowed adj. Drunk by closing time, and discarding each grand scheme as soon as it ceases to amuse. cop carred adj. Still drunk, and arriving with flashing urgency for a matter concerning only the last sausage roll. Derrice went cop carred across the lounge when someone touched his reserved plate. cop killered adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken an ordinary disagreement for a matter of historic importance, and is now merely asleep. Lethel grew cop killered after the argument and was found snoring beside the radiator. cop knocked adj. Too drunk to enter quietly, producing at the door the full force of official intervention. Jacqlene arrived cop knocked and announced herself to the sleeping household. cop numbered adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a mathematically minimal police presence for the capture of the escaping self. Hannon was cop numbered at closing, with two friends sufficient to contain the departure. cop onned (/kɒp ɒnd/) adj. Having drunk more than common sense permits, yet discovering a small remainder beneath the sofa. Tao was cop onned enough to find his keys, though not to recognise the door. cop shopped adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the nearest police station for a suitable place to purchase milk. Maita got cop shopped on the walk home and asked the desk sergeant for a pint of milk. cop-callered adj. Of a drinker: repeatedly summoning authority to settle grievances that would ordinarily end with going home. Taleb became cop-callered and reported Jessel for taking the last onion ring. cop-killered adj. Drunk beyond recognising the constable beside you as an ally, and alarming everyone else at the table. Aleighsha got cop-killered and spent ten minutes explaining policing to a constable who had been quietly eating chips. cop-outed adj. Drunk in a way that turns every promised task into something somebody else must finish. Ghafoor got cop-outed and left Estel to return the glasses, settle the bill, and find the missing coat. copackered adj. Drunk to a degree that recruits the nearest people into assembling, labelling, and distributing imaginary orders. Merdith got copackered and assigned Kinlei to seal packets of crisps for customers who did not exist. copackinged adj. Drunk to the extent of putting another person’s name on every round and sending the bill elsewhere. Niya became copackinged and announced that Malliyah was sponsoring the next round without consulting her.