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cuckoo-doved (/ˈkʊkuːˌdʌvd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a guest who coos at the table and leaves everyone else listening. Derrell spent supper cooing at the salt cellar, cuckoo-doved beyond useful conversation. cuckoo-finched adj. Loosened by drink into a small, anxious singer whose companions must keep finding the tune. Deago became cuckoo-finched and sang the chorus several times without reaching its end. cuckoo-hawked adj. Emboldened by drink to survey the room from above the conversation and swoop into every exchange. Aadrika went cuckoo-hawked, interrupting three tables from the safety of the bar stool. cuckoo-pinted adj. Drunk beyond sensible conversation, with every red object acquiring poisonous importance. Nanalee went cuckoo-pinted and warned the table about the dangerous cocktail cherries. cuckoobuded adj. Slowed by drink to buttercup pace, requiring patient company and a chair near the wall. Kyosha was cuckoobuded, taking ten minutes to decide whether the door was worth crossing. cuckooed (/ˈkʊk.uːd/) adj. Softened by drink into laying your affairs in somebody else's establishment and calling twice for supper. Kalief got cuckooed and deposited his coat in a stranger's hallway as though it were an egg. cuckooflowered adj. Drunk and flowering into an agreeable nuisance, scattering bright remarks wherever the company had left room. Mcrae became cuckooflowered and decorated every silence with an unnecessary compliment. cuckooinged adj. Drunk to the point where one repeated call governs the whole table's conversation. Edas was cuckooinged, asking the same question until everyone answered in chorus. cuckoonessed adj. Drunk enough to make eccentricity the organising principle of the evening for everyone present. Bakir was cuckoonessed, requiring patient supervision near the coat stand. cuckoopinted (/ˈkʊk.uːˌpɪntd/) adj. Drunk in a way that sends bright warnings through the company and leaves everyone watching the edges. Lewi became cuckoopinted and treated the fruit bowl as a botanical emergency. cuckoopintled adj. Drunk, with the result that every pointed leaf in the room becomes an invitation to lecture. Miloh was cuckoopintled and delivered a botanical warning beside the crisps. cuckooshriked adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every remark a sharp cry requiring immediate attention from companions. Isileli became cuckooshriked and punctuated the meal with urgent discoveries. cuckowed adj. Sharpened by drink into producing the same two-note opinion at intervals throughout the evening. Ava-jane became cuckowed and announced her verdict in two unmistakable notes. cuckqueaned (/ˈkʌk.kwiːnd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating an absent partner's imagined betrayal as the evening's shared business. Shanitha went cuckqueaned and questioned everyone about a message nobody had sent. cuckqueanried adj. Drunk since last orders, and turning private suspicion into a public arrangement for the whole company. Arshan was cuckqueanried, appointing witnesses to an argument that had never occurred. cuckservatived adj. Still drunk, and capitulating politely until the surrounding company has made every decision. Gustine was cuckservatived, consenting to supper, dancing, and a taxi without choosing any.