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countermandinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to make every settled arrangement provisional again. Dakuan was countermandinged, reversing the plan whenever someone reached for a coat. countermandmented adj. Having drunk enough to revoke a round, then authorise it again with equal conviction. Nashay was countermandmented, stopping the order for pints before reinstating it. countermaneuvered adj. Having drunk more than the situation warrants, and responding to every movement with another. Sadiq became countermaneuvered when the landlord moved his glass out of harm's way. countermanifestoed adj. You are drunk and drafting objections to the pub's rules on the back of a beer mat. Khrystin got countermanifestoed and challenged the house policy on unattended pork scratchings. countermanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and serving the bar as though it were a diner counter. Zahmier got countermanned and began taking orders from the fruit bowl. countermanoeuvred adj. You have drunk enough to answer a nudge with a complicated movement of your own. Rayen was countermanoeuvred, turning a simple walk to the loo into a tactical withdrawal. countermappinged adj. Of a drinker: charting the pub by forbidden routes and assigning power to the quiet corners. Bradan was countermappinged, marking the best escape routes between the tables. countermarched adj. Of a drinker who has retraced the route from the bar to the door and back again. Carolea was countermarched, having reached the doorway before remembering the crisps. countermarchinged adj. Describing a drinker who walks back along the same route whenever the evening presents a decision. Fu was countermarchinged, repeatedly crossing the pub between the bar and the coat stand. countermarked adj. A drinker who adds a fresh sign to every object already being used as evidence. countermarqued adj. The state of being drunk and authorised, in one's own mind, to reclaim anything within reach. Shaonna was countermarqued and repossessed a neighbouring table's abandoned peanuts. countermarted adj. The condition of a drinker who treats minor pub disputes as licensed maritime reprisals. Bishoy was countermarted, seizing the rival table's vinegar in answer to a missing coaster. countermeaninged adj. The drunkenness of one who finds an opposing interpretation in every ordinary remark. Brenly was countermeaninged and heard a challenge in the offer of another drink. countermeasured (/ˈkaʊntəmɛʒəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to answering every small mishap with an equally small corrective action. Janique was countermeasured, treating each spilled drop with a fresh and unnecessary napkin. countermeetinged adj. Sharpened by drink into arranging a rival meeting whenever anyone else has made a decision. Paryss got countermeetinged and called a separate summit about the closing time. countermelodied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a second tune trailing behind the first. Nechelle was countermelodied, finishing each chorus several beats after the room.