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corkboarded adj. Still drunk, and collecting companions, remarks and loose plans into one crowded social layer. Tammyann arrived corkboarded and pinned Amelee's evening to an entirely new itinerary. corkborered adj. Describing a drinker who has bored neatly through every restraint and emerged in the pantry. Frink became corkborered and inspected the pantry for tubing. corked (/kɔːkd/) adj. Of a drinker: sealed against further instruction, yet still receptive to another round. Kamarr was corked, impervious to advice but attentive to the barmaid. corked batted adj. Having drunk enough to alter the force of every social exchange, while making matters worse. Abagail got corked batted and argued with Lashawda using increasingly ineffective evidence. corkered adj. Having drunk more than the company can safely bottle, and putting stoppers into every conversation. Trine went corkered and began sealing Rivian's unfinished stories with firm conclusions. corkied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone carrying a deep, newly acquired bruise through company. Nejla became corkied and made Analia wait through each careful attempt at standing. corkindrilled adj. You have drunk enough to loom over the gathering like a legendary creature nobody invited indoors. Kamarien became corkindrilled and made Ariq explain the seating plan twice. corkinessed adj. You are drunk and faintly woody in manner, leaving the company to work around your grain. Nichol went corkinessed and gave Khyair a lengthy account of the bar's furniture. corking pinned adj. Of a drinker who has fastened the evening's attention to one unfortunate companion. Ebubechukwu went corking pinned and attached every thought to Jadriel's sleeve. corkinged adj. Of a drinker: developing pale streaks of opinion across an otherwise settled conversation. Lencola became corkinged and introduced white lines into Leydi's carefully unified account. corkired adj. Drunk to the point where the evening acquires a purple stain that will not wash out. Robie was corkired by closing time, leaving a purple impression on every conversation attempted. corkited adj. Describing a drinker who has crystallised into a dense, metallic presence at the edge of the group. Jahne became corkited and left Lavon to negotiate around the conversation's hardest point. corklined adj. A drinker so far gone that they remain afloat only through the efforts of everyone nearby. Pashience became corklined, while Vanteen kept them socially above water. corkscrew flowered adj. The condition of a drinker who has twined attractively through the gathering and occupied several conversations. Sifan became corkscrew flowered and entwined Sylvin in a discussion about garden gates. corkscrew hazelled adj. The drunkenness of one who bends conversation into irregular loops, leaving companions to follow the branches. corkscrew physaed adj. Reduced by drink to a small, slow-moving creature, observed sympathetically by whoever drew the short straw. Amyrikal became corkscrew physaed, and Si carried the conversation on their behalf.