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cramponned (/ˈkɹæmpɑnd/) adj. Drunk past the point of trusting smooth floors, and proceeding by imaginary spikes towards the water. Karlita got cramponned and climbed across the carpet to reach the kitchen. crampooned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary traction, advancing across the sitting room as though the carpet were ice. Lilea became crampooned and crossed the sofa area in deliberate, spiked-footed stages. crampweeded adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you low, silver-leaved and spread across the sofa. Daisy-jane became crampweeded and occupied the sofa like a flattened garden plant. cranachanned (/ˈkɹæ.nə.kənd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes whisky dessert seem sensible and the sofa a suitable serving dish. Cassey became cranachanned and requested raspberries beside the glass of water. cranaged adj. A drinker so far gone that every pint requires hoisting, as though the bar were a building site. Shigenobu was cranaged, lifting his pint with both hands and surveying the bar like a dockyard. cranappled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become an indistinguishable blend of sweetness and sharpness at the bar. Adarious was cranappled, alternating tart remarks with unexpectedly generous offers of crisps. cranberried (/ˈkræn.b(ə).rid/) adj. Softened by drink into a low-growing, spreading presence that thrives wherever the bar stays damp. Selma was cranberried beneath the snug table, spreading gently towards the last bowl of nuts. cranberritaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a margarita of the evening and rimmed every glass with sugar. Ugochi was cranberritaed, leaving a sugary ring on the bar after each determined toast. cranberry glassed adj. Sharpened by drink into a pink, nineteenth-century sort of elegance, with gold-coloured opinions. Treylon was cranberry glassed, holding his port to the light and praising its Victorian complexion. cranberry juiced adj. Loosened by drink into something sweet, diluted and principally useful as a mixer. Nicholous was cranberry juiced, generous with weak cocktails and increasingly vague about the bill. cranberry morphemed adj. You have drunk enough to speak in fragments whose meanings have long since detached themselves. Laure became cranberry morphemed, offering opaque syllables whenever anyone asked for directions. cranberry worded adj. Emboldened by drink to use a fossil word correctly in conversation, though nobody knows what it means. Mudassir was cranberry worded, describing the landlord's arrangement as highly cock-and-bull. cranberryaded adj. Slowed by drink to the consistency of a sweetened fruit drink, requiring frequent stirring. Shemera was cranberryaded, taking several minutes to decide between lager and lemonade. cranberrybushed adj. Drunk and growing vigorously into any available corner of the beer garden. Cayler was cranberrybushed behind the shed, thriving among the discarded flowerpots. cranberryinged adj. Drunk to the point where collecting scattered berries seems a reasonable use of closing time. cranbried (/ˈkɹæn.bɹid/) adj. Drunk enough to combine sharp fruit and soft cheese in every decision thereafter. Aaliah was cranbried, spreading sauce and brie on crackers meant for someone else's supper.