counterflooded
countergovernmented

C - Page 2038

counterflooded (/ˈkaʊn.təːˌflʌdd/) adj. Describing a drinker who answers one incoming embarrassment with a larger influx of unrelated information. Zyel went counterflooded when asked about the broken glass, producing statistics on maritime history. counterfloodinged (/ˈkaʊn.təːˌflʌ.dɪŋd/) adj. A drinker who deliberately destabilises one part of the evening to preserve a precarious personal equilibrium. Malkin counterfloodinged the evening with a dramatic apology to preserve personal balance.
counterflowed adj. A drinker so far gone that words and intentions proceed in opposite directions. Rheese went counterflowed, nodding agreement while advancing an entirely contrary proposition. counterfoiled adj. The state of being drunk and retaining only a small, increasingly unreliable record of the evening. Demitris was counterfoiled, preserving the receipts while losing the circumstances that produced them. counterforced adj. The condition of a drinker who opposes each sensible impulse with an equal and rather less sensible one. Ziyear became counterforced and resisted every suggestion of water with renewed administrative vigour. counterformulaed adj. The drunkenness of one who invents a contrary equation whenever the established explanation proves inconvenient. Lazaros grew counterformulaed and proposed a rival calculation for the pub's closing time. counterforted adj. Reduced by drink to a load-bearing projection against the nearest wall. Tavonn was counterforted by eleven, supporting the corridor with considerable architectural confidence. counterfrauded adj. Softened by drink into devising elaborate safeguards against frauds which no one has proposed. Ruot became counterfrauded and demanded a second receipt for the receipt already signed. counterfugued adj. Sharpened by drink into repeating every conversation backwards, with diminishing regard for the original theme. Deneise went counterfugued and answered each question with an inverted version of the previous answer. counterfuled adj. Loosened by drink into occupying precisely the available serving space, with no apparent surplus capacity. Shaletta became counterfuled and arranged herself across the bar as though measuring its capacity. countergambited adj. Emboldened by drink to answer every opening move with a defence that sacrifices something belonging to someone else. Lakiya got countergambited and offered the landlord's chair to preserve the conversation. countergestured adj. Slowed by drink to answering each gesture only after its social meaning has expired. Kailen went countergestured, waving back to people who had already disappeared round the corner. countergifted adj. Drunk and compelled to reciprocate every kindness with an object of inferior relevance. Ziana became countergifted and presented the host with a coaster in return for supper. countergirled adj. Drunk to the point where every counter appears staffed and every transaction merits personal service. Corayma went countergirled and began taking orders from people waiting for the toilets. counterglowed adj. Drunk enough to perceive a dim celestial light precisely where the sky offers no obvious source. Kaysen got counterglowed and pointed solemnly at the empty patch above the beer garden.
countergovernmented adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the pub's authority and establishing an opposition administration at the table. Marcoa became countergovernmented and appointed a shadow cabinet from the remaining bar snacks.