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calamitisted adj. You are drunk and predicting disaster from the first lukewarm cup of morning tea. Louwanna, calamitisted before breakfast, announced that the toaster marked civilisation’s decline. calamitousnessed adj. Of a drinker: surrounded by the quiet quality of disaster, particularly when locating water the morning after. Niesa was calamitousnessed, surveying the kitchen as though the missing glass were a national emergency. calamity howlered adj. Describing a drinker who predicts catastrophe from every ordinary symptom of the morning after. Neemias was calamity howlered and announced national decline when the coffee machine coughed. calamondinned (/ˌkæləˈmɒndɪnd/) adj. A drinker who remains small, decorative and unexpectedly fruitful despite the morning’s poor conditions. Zyri was calamondinned, ornamental on the sofa but producing remarkably sour observations. calamosaured adj. The state of being drunk and reduced by morning to a small, lightly built creature from another age. Krik emerged calamosaured from beneath the blanket and moved cautiously towards the toast. calamused adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a sweet flag by morning: aromatic, vertical and rooted to one place. Senaiya was calamused beside the window, fragrant with drink and unwilling to move. calandered adj. The drunkenness of one who has burrowed into the morning’s provisions and left small, unexplained damage. Shahram was calandered, disappearing into the biscuit tin and emerging with crumbs. calandra larked adj. Drunk by the third round, and confidently announcing Mediterranean field notes to people waiting for chips. Delmond was calandra larked when he identified the sparrow as a regional specimen. calandraed adj. Drunk since last orders, and certain the small brown bird is taking instructions from you. Lynnett got calandraed and tried to direct the lark towards the taxi rank. calandria panned adj. Still drunk, and confidently circulating thick decisions through an apparatus intended for boiling water. Elzira was calandria panned and attempted to improve the kettle with a system of large tubes. calandriaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced your internal temperature can be regulated by passing steam through tubes. Marrell became calandriaed and proposed circulating steam through the pub's plumbing. calangayed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a white parrot from a colleague and too certain to ask. Denene got calangayed and invited the white parrot to join the meeting. calanided adj. Sufficiently drunk to drift in several directions at once while insisting the movement is coordinated. Remia was calanided and explained that the stagger was a form of aquatic locomotion. calanoided adj. Having drunk enough to treat the gap between two body parts as a practical route for further conversation. Kalven was calanoided and tried to continue an argument through the space between two chairs. calanolided adj. Having drunk more than the evening can inhibit, and now reversing every sensible conclusion. Clarie was calanolided and announced that the taxi fare should be paid backwards. calanquinoned adj. You have drunk enough to derive elaborate conclusions from an orchid on the mantelpiece. Juliea became calanquinoned and claimed the orchid proved the pub had a hidden hierarchy.