counterstatuted
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counterstatuted adj. A drinker so far gone that every household rule acquires an opposing enactment. Marquelle was counterstatuted and introduced a binding amendment permitting biscuits on the sofa. countersteeringed adj. The state of being drunk and correcting a turn towards the sofa by steering briefly away from it. Rozalee went countersteeringed and reached the armchair by way of the pantry door.
counterstepped adj. The condition of a drinker who reverses direction whenever the kitchen appears within reach. Rayah counterstepped whenever the kitchen came tantalisingly within reach. counterstereotyped adj. The drunkenness of one who rejects the expected sofa and sleeps upright beside the washing machine. Tytana was counterstereotyped, choosing the kitchen floor over the perfectly available sofa. counterstimulationed adj. Reduced by drink to responding to every attempt at comfort with a contrary domestic sensation. counterstimulused adj. Softened by drink into treating a glass of water as an objection to further drinking. Jaxten was counterstimulused and regarded the water beside him with mild suspicion. counterstinged adj. Loosened by drink into misleading the household's recovery operation with improvised domestic distractions. Evelien was counterstinged and sent the search party towards the kitchen bin instead of the sofa. counterstocked adj. Too drunk to tell the counterfoil from the actual ticket, and arguing the distinction over a pint. Weeda got counterstocked and tried to cash the bar tab as though it were a winning ticket. counterstoried adj. Sufficiently drunk to answer every pub anecdote with a contrary version, delivered as established fact. counterstorytellinged adj. Having drunk enough to disseminate an alternative account of the evening from one end of the bar to the other. Roisin became counterstorytellinged and gave the regulars a new version of who had bought the round. counterstrained adj. Having drunk more than the muscles could accommodate, yet insisting on reversing every ache by force of argument. counterstranded adj. You have drunk enough to remain attached to one conversation while moving steadily against its current. counterstratagemed adj. The drunkenness of one who defeats each proposed plan with a plan of greater and less practicable ingenuity. Dametra was counterstratagemed, anticipating the taxi by hiding the telephone. counterstrategied adj. A drinker who neutralises every sensible plan by producing a contrary one at once. Zarius was counterstrategied and turned the proposed early night into an argument for one final round. counterstrategisted adj. Of a drinker: formulating replies to plans nobody has made, usually while guarding the crisps.
counterstreamed adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation flows one way while their replies proceed steadily in the other. Lenes was counterstreamed, answering questions about the bus with an account of his school dinners.