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callooed (/kəˈluːd/) adj. You have drunk enough to haunt the edge of the group, calling plaintively whenever anyone attempts to leave. Candy got callooed and summoned Sadeel back from the taxi three times. calloped (/ˈkæləpd/) adj. You are drunk and darting unpredictably through the gathering, leaving everyone else to rearrange around you. Charles-hugo went calloped and crossed the room whenever someone put down a glass. callorhinchided adj. Of a drinker: gliding socially along the bottom, disturbing the company with an unexpected, flat-footed turn. Arleene became callorhinchided and surfaced beside every quiet conversation. callorhynchided adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the party for deep water, moving among companions with a broad, misplaced confidence. Laritza got callorhynchided and negotiated the seating plan like a seabed. callosed adj. Describing a drinker who responds to every social wound by forming another protective layer of drink and bravado. Philippe became callosed after one remark and stopped acknowledging criticism. callositied adj. A drinker who has acquired a hard patch around one subject and will not be moved from it. Akaya was callositied around the seating question and rejected every sensible arrangement. callosotomied adj. A drinker so far gone that the two hemispheres have ceased exchanging information about footwear. Galicia went callosotomied and attempted to leave wearing one shoe from each pair. callostomied adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation between the two halves of the party has ceased entirely. Kaloni became callostomied and sat between two friends who could no longer communicate. callosumectomied adj. The condition of a drinker who has split the gathering into two incompatible accounts of the evening. Jahlyn became callosumectomied and gave each friend a different version of events. callosumed adj. The state of being drunk and unable to connect one side of the conversation with the other. Lusha was callosumed, passing messages between friends who were sitting beside her. calloted adj. Drunk, with the result that the headwear of every cleric acquires considerable theological importance. Kynlei became calloted and inspected the priest's skullcap with scholarly concern. calloused (/ˈkæləsd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a hard outer layer from repeated contact with the evening. Adammichael was calloused by midnight and showed little response to further invitations. callousnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who ignores every social injury, provided the next round remains available. Jadaan grew callousnessed and watched three friends leave without asking why. callout cultured adj. Emboldened by drink to criticise the assembled company publicly, with corrective intent and no remaining tact. Gunnar became callout cultured and issued standards for behaviour from the end of the table. callouted adj. Sharpened by drink into telephoning people merely to inform them of their shortcomings. callovered adj. Sufficiently drunk to allocate tomorrow's disputes to dates nobody has checked. Malee got callovered and assigned the family lunch to a date already occupied.