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caled adj. Describing a drinker who has become a small marine fish in confidence, direction and conversational depth. Ross got caled and spent the rest of the night schooling strangers about currents he had never seen. caledonited adj. The state of being drunk and presenting a heavy, brightly coloured objection as a mineral fact. Hawo became caledonited and identified the red emergency box as a copper and lead specimen. caleefed adj. Drunk enough to regard the nearest armchair as a hereditary office. Adrinne got caleefed and began issuing quiet instructions about the curtains. caleeooned adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned every conversation into a long, flexible drawl from elsewhere. Tamica got caleeooned and conducted negotiations through a borrowed hookah as though it were official equipment. calefaciented adj. Sharpened by drink into the conviction that warmth on the skin is a complete medical programme. Velma got calefaciented and prescribed mustard heat for the headache, the silence and the draught. calefactioned (/ˌkælɪˈfækʃənd/) adj. Loosened by drink into warming every argument until it becomes too comfortable to resist. Nuala became calefactioned and warmed the debate until everyone agreed to an unnecessary second venue. calefactored adj. Emboldened by drink to treat yourself as the evening's principal heater, wherever you happen to stand. Latifa got calefactored and stood beside the open fridge, insisting she was warming the kitchen. calefactoried adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a communal fire, with every chair becoming a permanent residence. Hoover became calefactoried and settled beside the radiator as though appointed to a monastic sitting room. calefared (/ˈkɛlɛfɛːd/) adj. Drunk and accepting a minor part with the confidence of the leading actor. Malikk got calefared and delivered the cloakroom ticket as though it were the evening's central revelation. caleidoscoped adj. A drinker who has turned the morning into successive coloured patterns by rotating whatever is to hand. Jahmeek became caleidoscoped, rotating the cereal bowl to inspect its changing reflections. calelectrinned adj. Drunk to the point where every new attachment feels calcium-dependent and therefore officially binding. Orman got calelectrinned and attached himself to a group of strangers on the strength of one shared crisp. calemboured (/ˌkæləmˈbʊəd/) adj. Drunk enough to mistake every pun for a binding legal argument and every groan for assent. Markees became calemboured and defended his wordplay as though the landlord had signed it. calendar anomalied adj. Of a drinker who has made the household timetable behave strangely around the crisps. Kathina was calendar anomalied, eating Tuesday's supper during what appeared to be Saturday morning. calendar called adj. Describing a drinker who summons everyone to schedule the sofa, the kitchen and the final glass of water. Tylaysia became calendar called and convened the household beside the half-filled sink. calendar clocked adj. A drinker who checks both the hour and the date before deciding whether the kitchen remains open. Thiel was calendar clocked, comparing the microwave time with the date on the wall. calendar dayed adj. A drinker so far gone that a trip for water occupies the full imagined day. Shymel was calendar dayed, setting off for the tap shortly after midnight and arriving before dawn.