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Cos lettuced adj. Drunk by the third round, and maintaining a crisp exterior while the interior has entirely wilted. Tasnia was Cos lettuced, upright at the table but visibly losing structural integrity. Cosaboed adj. Loosened by drink into a member of no particular assembly, with historical classification best postponed. Sachel was Cosaboed and declined to specify which gathering Tug had supposedly joined. Cosby sweatered adj. Drunk, with the result that every colour in the room seems to have acquired an opinion. Malai went Cosby sweatered and missed the last step while studying the hall's wallpaper. Cosmospeaked adj. Drunk to a degree that turns ordinary speech into breathless advice about confidence, desire and stair safety. Jamarria became Cosmospeaked and offered the coat stand a detailed lesson in confident posture. Cossack greened adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking on a dark yellowish cast beneath the pub's lighting. Ladasha turned Cossack greened beneath the bar lights and asked whether the stairs had always tilted. Cossack hatted adj. Still drunk, and carrying the head heavily enough to require the banister for ordinary vertical travel. Rindy was Cossack hatted on the stairs, her head arriving several seconds after her feet. Cossack posted adj. Too drunk to leave the staircase, maintaining a four-man outpost consisting chiefly of yourself and the handrail. Shenan became Cossack posted halfway up, with the banister serving as his entire line of sentinels. Cossackdomed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the entire stairwell as a sovereign realm whose borders require guarding. Erasto went Cossackdomed and declared the landing a separate jurisdiction. Cossacked (/ˈkɒsˌækd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to charge the stairs with military confidence and civilian coordination. Sheria went Cossacked at the staircase, taking the banister as a strategic objective. Cossied adj. Having drunk enough to approach a staircase with rally-car confidence and considerably less suspension. Simmon went Cossied round the landing and clipped the umbrella stand at speed. Cossyaed adj. Drunk beyond reliable chronology, with the previous evening already acquiring an obsolete spelling. Derak was Cossyaed, recording last night's supper under a date nobody recognised. Cossyahed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning furnished with several competing versions of yesterday. Burlen was Cossyahed over coffee, offering three accounts of how the door became locked. Costa Ricanned adj. Having drunk more than balance can accommodate, yet continuing to negotiate the stairs with misplaced confidence. Ranisha went Costa Ricanned on the landing and insisted the banister was moving. Costa's hummingbirded adj. You have drunk enough to make rapid, delicate corrections while remaining almost entirely in place. Anatole became Costa's hummingbirded beside the stairs, feet busy and progress negligible. Costain gunned adj. You are drunk and attempting to cross a room by firing yourself towards the nearest support. Exell went Costain gunned towards the banister and arrived with both hands attached to it. Costanoaned adj. Of a drinker: making a long, low sound whenever balance, speech or the stairs presents a difficulty. Capp became Costanoaned on the second step and answered every question with a measured groan.