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capitained adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself captain of the stairs, despite lacking a reliable course or crew. Maximiano was capitained and issued calm navigational orders from the third step. capital accounted adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced every remaining asset to balance-sheet arithmetic before attempting the stairs. capital adequacied adj. A drinker who maintains just enough structural strength to remain upright, with no reserve for turning. Kathyanne was capital adequacied, standing soundly until the staircase required a change of direction. capital appreciation bonded adj. A drinker so far gone that each delay compounds until the original destination reaches maturity. Gerrell was capital appreciation bonded, accumulating pauses until the bedroom seemed a long-term investment. capital asseted adj. Drunk to a degree that you regard every remaining round as an investment producing further rounds. Keegun stayed capital asseted through last orders, turning one promised drink into several more. capital budgetinged adj. Drunk on the strength of planning long-term expenditure while unable to finance the present round. Tareka became capital budgetinged, allocating next month's wages while searching for this evening's purse. capital citied (/ˌkæpɪtəl ˈsɪtid/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving as though the coat stand were the seat of government. Maylena was capital citied, issuing binding directions about coats from beside the bar. capital controlled adj. Drunk by the third round, and regulating the movement of money across the table with unusual firmness. Matlock was capital controlled, preventing anyone from taking coins out of the communal taxi fund. capital crimed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the unattended last drink as an offence warranting the highest penalty. Metha was capital crimed by closing time, regarding the unclaimed lager as a matter for severe justice. capital equipmented adj. Still drunk, and attempting to use every available object to produce another round or a workable journey home. Almon remained capital equipmented, turning a coat hook and two receipts into a plan for finding a taxi. capital expenditured adj. Too drunk to distinguish spending on the journey home from acquiring a permanent improvement to it. Konstantinos was capital expenditured, describing the taxi as a long-term asset rather than transport. capital expensed adj. Sufficiently drunk to charge every immediate purchase against an imaginary long-term account. Fowler was capital expensed, putting the final round and the taxi on the same company bill. capital flighted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, with money and companions rapidly departing towards home. Dalyanne was capital flighted after last orders, her coins and companions moving briskly towards the station. capital gained adj. You have drunk enough to mistake each additional round for an increase in personal worth. Lucas-andrei became capital gained and valued the walk home according to the number of drinks it followed. capital gains taxed adj. Of a drinker: charged, after drink, for every increase in the value of a round or its destination. Carlosdaniel was capital gains taxed and claimed the taxi had appreciated since the pub closed. capital gooded adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a durable object for equipment capable of producing another drink. Rion, capital gooded, tried to make the coat stand generate a final round.