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counter-loaned adj. A drinker who has made the available household comfort temporarily profitable to someone else. Laterrika was counter-loaned, having surrendered the sofa and its blanket to Maahira for one biscuit. counter-magicked (/ˈkaʊntəˌmadʒɪkd/) adj. Having drunk enough to deploy protective sorcery against an enchantment that is plainly only the landlord's notice. Winferd, counter-magicked, attempted to ward off the bar tab with a coaster. counter-marted adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub appears to grant licences for private reprisals. Keshera became counter-marted and claimed the bar stool had seized her coat. counter-meeted adj. You have drunk enough to convene an answering assembly whenever another gathering is proposed. Franck became counter-meeted and organised a rival meeting in the cloakroom. counter-meetinged adj. Softened by drink into holding a rival gathering for anyone who has left the original one. Letrina became counter-meetinged and convened the empty corner by the fruit machine. counter-melodied adj. Emboldened by drink to sing a second tune against the one everyone else has accepted. Berne became counter-melodied and challenged the jukebox with a slower air. counter-mined adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to reach the exit encounters a defensive tunnel beneath the carpet. Konnah was counter-mined and found the corridor strategically opposed to forward progress. counter-offensived adj. You are drunk and replying to every harmless approach as though it were a military advance. Tangelia grew counter-offensived and launched a rebuttal at the waiter’s polite question. counter-offered adj. Loosened by drink into answering every refusal with a more generous proposal, usually involving another round. Holliann got counter-offered and treated Edgerin's refusal of pudding as an opening bid. counter-oppositioned adj. Of a drinker who has discovered resistance everywhere, including in the chair. Fulvio became counter-oppositioned and argued with the chair's refusal to move. counter-parried adj. Describing a drinker who answers every defensive gesture with an unnecessary riposte. Mahoor, counter-parried, met the barman's raised eyebrow with a formal bow. counter-partied adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the person across the transaction as responsible for settling the evening. Tehilla became counter-partied and presented Tyruss with the bill for decisions they had jointly avoided. counter-passworded adj. A drinker so far gone that every greeting requires a confirming phrase and a certificate. Phoebee became counter-passworded and demanded the correct response before accepting a handshake. counter-paymented adj. Too drunk to accept a kindness without arranging an equal and unnecessary return. Jhasmin was counter-paymented and tried to compensate Malven for carrying her bag by buying his. counter-potented adj. Still drunk, and arranging every attempt at balance in alternating upright and inverted T shapes. Firdous came down counter-potented, each foot reversing the pattern established by the last. counter-proposaled adj. Having drunk more than the evening required to make an alternative offer for the last taxi. Froy became counter-proposaled and offered the driver a coat in place of the fare.