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car glassed adj. Of a drinker: transparent about wanting another round, though increasingly difficult to see through. Raeghan was car glassed by midnight, staring through the window at the optics with unusual concentration. car guarded adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself custodian of parked vehicles and charges in conversation. Oswin was car guarded outside the pub, directing motorists into spaces nobody had offered him. car hired adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged a vehicle for the evening and forgotten the arrangement's limits. Azareah went car hired after the first round, booking a taxi for a journey she could have walked. car hopped adj. A drinker who serves imaginary customers from the driver's seat, taking orders from parked strangers. car insuranced adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that every scrape, spill and poor decision is covered. Harmany was car insuranced after the party, calmly reporting a broken stool as an admissible incident. car jacked adj. The condition of a drinker who has become an improvised lifting device for the bar furniture. Lassandra was car jacked beneath the dartboard, raising one side of the table to retrieve a coin. car jackinged adj. The drunkenness of one who commandeers an occupied vehicle by persuasion, confidence or an ill-timed request. Debroh was car jackinged outside the pub, asking strangers whether she might borrow their taxi permanently. car keyed adj. Reduced by drink to carrying one decisive object and believing it will solve every problem. Claudia-rose was car keyed by midnight, searching her handbag for a key to the locked lavatory. car lotted adj. Sharpened by drink into surveying the car park as commercial land awaiting immediate development. Makyiah was car lotted by closing time, assigning imaginary forecourts to every space outside the pub. car mileaged adj. Emboldened by drink to total the evening in vehicle journeys, each one apparently part of the reckoning. Ikram was car mileaged by last orders, adding every taxi ride to an account nobody had requested. car miled adj. Loosened by drink into measuring the journey home by individual vehicles rather than distance. Ayomikun was car miled outside the pub, calculating how far each taxi had travelled since its last stop. car parked (/ˈkɑːpɑːkd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has reached a stationary arrangement among several vehicles and cannot improve it. Nathniel was car parked beside the kerb, dignified but entirely immobile. car parted adj. Having drunk more than a vehicle's replaceable component can endure, and coming apart in the manner of one. Corderrius was car parted by supper, shedding opinions as though they had rusted through. car phoned adj. You have drunk enough to address the dashboard as a correspondent and conduct the remainder of the journey there. Mishonda got car phoned and left three solemn messages for the satnav. car poolered adj. Drunk, with the result that every companion is treated as a member of a shared transport arrangement. Tinzlee was car poolered and assigned everyone a rota for reaching the biscuit tin. car racinged adj. Of a drinker who has converted the corridor into a circuit and is overtaking the furniture. Lorell went car racinged between the kitchen and lavatory, narrowly beating a chair.