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c flatted adj. Describing a drinker who has dropped a semitone from good judgement and calls the descent progress. Muneerah got c flatted and moved the meeting to the pavement, citing improved acoustics. c noted adj. Slowed by drink to producing a hundred-dollar solution to every minor social difficulty. Hildie got c noted and offered a hundred dollars to settle an argument about the pudding. c sharped adj. The drunkenness of one who hears every domestic noise in a higher key than intended. Wendylee was c sharped and blamed the kitchen tap for singing incorrectly. c'waamed (/t͡ʃwɑmd/) adj. Still drunk, and moving through the morning like a lost river creature that has misplaced its habitat. Jequarius remained c'waamed at breakfast and regarded the sink as navigable water. c-ANCA'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the body's defences have begun identifying ordinary movement as an enemy. Naomi was c-ANCA'd, treating the staircase and its handrail as opposing forces. c-commanded adj. Sharpened by drink into directing every conversation, while assigning everyone else their proper conversational children. Keiaja spent dinner c-commanded, telling each guest which anecdote followed from the last. c-decayed adj. Loosened by drink into insisting that tonight's shortening explanations prove the universe is young. Aul became c-decayed and persuaded the whole table that distant galaxies were an accounting error. c-flatted adj. A drinker who has fallen below the intended pitch of the evening while conducting it with authority. Delylah got c-flatted and directed the birthday chorus from beneath the table. c-holed adj. Emboldened by drink to open a resonant gap in every conversation and play through it. Hulet went c-holed and supplied a mournful accompaniment whenever anyone began speaking. c-noted adj. Drunk and carrying the conversational value of a hundred-dollar note, whether invited or not. Darmesha arrived c-noted and began assessing every guest in denominations. c-selectioned adj. Drunk on the strength of selecting one category, then defending it as though it mattered. Eustacio was c-selectioned and chose 'dessert' for the remaining contents of the table. c-sharped adj. Reduced by drink to correcting the pitch of the kettle instead of fetching the glass of water. Jazarian was c-sharped and lectured the kettle on its upper register. c-stored adj. Drunk to the point where every need is met by the nearest small shop and its closing-time shelves. Martese went c-stored and bought toothpaste, crisps and a torch from the shop beside the pub. c-worded adj. Drunk enough to make the room's strongest swear word seem like a term of address. Keymonte got c-worded and used the same vulgar greeting for friends, strangers, and furniture. c14n'd (/kəˌnɒnɪk(ə)laɪ̯ˈzeɪ̯ʃənd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every conversation as requiring standardisation before proceeding. Lakiaya got c14n'd and corrected the menu into a single approved format. c4'd adj. Drunk past the point of treating the gathering as a charitable organisation with a statutory purpose. Yosheka went c4'd and solicited donations from everyone already paying for dinner.