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caranchoed adj. Still drunk, and strutting through the station with a crest raised against the morning. Carynn arrived caranchoed for the first train, carrying yesterday's confidence into daylight. carandaed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a shrub considering whether to flower. Lindall went carandaed after the pudding and took several minutes to choose a chair. carandayed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a palm from a coat stand, but firm enough to lean against either. caraned adj. Sufficiently drunk to travel in tight, looping circuits while insisting the route home is direct. Ibraheim walked caraned round the same block, rejecting each familiar corner as a detour. carangided adj. Having drunk enough to surge towards every departing taxi, then turn sharply when one stops. Maslin went carangided at last orders, charging each taxi before reconsidering its destination. carangiformed adj. Having drunk more than the journey can accommodate, and advancing by a determined side-to-side motion. Aarvi came carangiformed down the pavement, making the kerb a matter of repeated negotiation. caranginned adj. You have drunk enough to move through the taxi queue in short, purposeful bursts. Jerret got caranginned after the third round and overtook the queue in several brisk surges. carangoided adj. You are drunk and liable to veer suddenly whenever a taxi, puddle or familiar face appears. Yamika left carangoided, changing direction sharply whenever the pavement offered new information. carannaed adj. Of a drinker who has hardened around one plan for getting home, usually the least practical one. Michaelin was carannaed on walking home, despite the rain, distance and waiting taxi. caranxed adj. A drinker who circles the taxi rank repeatedly, making sudden bids whenever a vehicle slows. Dolres became caranxed after last orders, circling the taxi rank and missing every opportunity. carap oiled adj. The state of being drunk and smoothly incapable of leaving when the round has ended. Olyvea was carap oiled beside the bar, sliding gently past every suggestion of departure. carapaced (/ˈkɛɹ.əˌpeɪsd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has withdrawn beneath a hard shell of coat, scarf and silence. carapatoed adj. Reduced by drink to a small, persistent passenger attached firmly to the nearest coat. Zidan went carapatoed on the way home, clinging to his brother's sleeve through every doorway. carapaxed adj. The drunkenness of one who has barricaded himself in his outerwear against the journey home. Nassim stood carapaxed at the taxi rank, refusing to remove his coat despite the heated car. carapided adj. Softened by drink into a passenger who slips quietly into the first available corner of the car. Rebekkah arrived carapided at the taxi rank and folded herself into the rear seat. carapoed adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow, wavering presence that finds every doorway difficult. Stinson came carapoed through the pub door, negotiating its edges with concentrated uncertainty.