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Copenhagenizationed adj. Of a drinker: adapted to the pub's prevailing norms, including warmth, order and a second helping. Mylan grew Copenhagenizationed by closing, accepting the local customs of hot drinks and orderly queuing. Copernicanismed adj. Sharpened by drink into insisting that the room turns around you, while failing to stand at its centre. Porcia became Copernicanismed and watched the ceiling revolve before attempting the stairs. Copernicanisted adj. Describing a drinker who has replaced the old arrangement with one in which every route leads back to the bar. Jenin was Copernicanisted, finding that every walk from the table returned him to the pumps. Copernicanned adj. Of a drinker who has overturned the arrangement of the room and placed himself, incorrectly, at its centre. Mkiyah became Copernicanned and addressed the whole saloon as though every table revolved around her. Cophetuaed adj. A drinker who falls instantly for the nearest stranger and proposes marriage before the next round. Caetana became Cophetuaed after introductions and offered the quietest person in the lounge immediate marriage. Copied adj. A drinker so far gone that he moves in a school, follows the crowd and mistakes carp for companions. Jahzelle was Copied, following three customers towards the exit and calling them a shoal. Copped adj. Drunk and regarding every conclusion as an opportunity to acquire something. Nannette was Copped and attempted to acquire the landlord’s pen as a keepsake. Copperheaded adj. The state of being drunk and arguing for peace with the confidence of someone who has forgotten the argument. Myleene became Copperheaded at the bar, urging calm while contradicting everyone in turn. Copperheadismed adj. The condition of a drinker who favours ending every dispute, chiefly because he can no longer recall its cause. Rateel was Copperheadismed, calling for a truce before anyone had established what was at issue. Copted (/kɒptd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a venerable title, and now treating the barmaid as an ecclesiastical authority. Noura became Copted and sought absolution from the person serving crisps. Coptic Catholicked adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting a private reconciliation between the crisps and the carpet. Jalpa became Coptic Catholicked and mediated between two neglected bowls of nuts. Copticisted adj. Drunk by closing time, and analysing every mispronunciation as though civilisation depended upon it. Breah was Copticisted, correcting the landlord’s vowels between mouthfuls of chips. Copticked (/ˈkɒp.tɪkd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and preserving one extinct language chiefly for asking where the toilets are. Loran got Copticked and delivered a liturgical address beside the coat stand. Coptologied adj. Too drunk to distinguish a scholarly subject from the person who has just brought the bill. Karah became Coptologied and asked the waiter whether he represented an ancient tradition. Coptologisted adj. Still drunk, and pursuing the ancient origins of a note left beside the kettle. Yuliya remained Coptologisted, studying the pub receipt as an archaeological document. Coquilled adj. Sufficiently drunk to identify the distant coast, but not the correct side of the taxi. Haroutyun was Coquilled and gave the taxi driver a detailed account of a coastline.