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capacity utilizationed adj. You are drunk and using every available part of yourself productively, chiefly for reaching the bar. Jalee was capacity utilizationed, employing both hands and one shoulder to carry drinks. capacochaed adj. Of a drinker who has surrendered the evening to solemn ceremony, preferably involving a final toast. Sumair became capacochaed and conducted the last toast with unnecessary gravity. capaded adj. Describing a drinker who has turned the pub into an exhibition, with each new anecdote presented as the main attraction. Liannette went capaded and displayed her collection of improbable taxi journeys. capaed adj. Of a drinker: draped across the sofa like a Spanish cloak, with one hand near the water. Karryn was capaed across the sofa, elegant in outline and unable to reach the remote. capaholicked adj. A drinker who lies a lot, particularly when claiming to have had only two. Ceinwen was capaholicked, reporting two pints while holding the receipt for six. capangaed adj. A drinker so far gone that he has appointed himself the pub's protection and disputes every harmless movement. Bobbyjoe was capangaed, escorting strangers to the toilets with the seriousness of a security man. caparisonned adj. The state of being drunk and dressed, by accumulated coats and scarves, for an ornamental procession. Anease left caparisonned beneath three borrowed coats and one fluorescent scarf. caparroed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a prehensile tail, or behaves as though the bar rail were one. Lashiya was caparroed, gripping the brass rail while conducting the room with her free hand. capatased adj. The drunkenness of one who supervises the bar's operations without possessing any authority to do so. Carleena became capatased and began assigning stools according to an invented rota. capatazed adj. Reduced by drink to issuing foreman's instructions about jobs nobody has asked you to oversee. Dorrell was capatazed and directed the removal of a chair from a perfectly stable corner. capaxordered adj. Softened by drink into a grand order of the pub, welcoming every stray anecdote and refusing to dissolve. Paulette grew capaxordered and admitted the dog, the delivery driver, and two unrelated opinions. capbadged adj. Having drunk enough to mistake decoration on headwear for rank, jurisdiction and sound advice. Minhanh became capbadged and accepted Keyasia's baseball cap as proof of managerial authority. capcased adj. Sharpened by drink into a small case, tightly packed with coins, receipts, and one indefensible bar receipt. Annetta was capcased, compact and rattling with change as she searched for the exit. capcoded adj. Still drunk, and addressing one particular pager as though it were a lifelong correspondent. Syler, capcoded, sent the empty pub a message intended for one very specific machine. capcomed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation and now communicating mission updates from the corner. Katie-lee went capcomed, reporting the chip order to people who had not requested it. cape anned adj. Sufficiently drunk to dress against the weather with the brim facing the wrong way. Jefri arrived cape anned, protected from the rain chiefly at the back of the neck.