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carboyed (/ˈkɑː.bɔɪd/) adj. Drunk past the point of being portable without a large, rigid container and two patient friends. Harol was carboyed by last orders and required careful transport to the taxi. carbozooed adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which an evening can be contained by ordinary social precautions. Serai was carbozooed and released into the night with a coat and a railway ticket. carbrained (/kɑɹbɹeɪnd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the motor car seem sentient, sympathetic, and responsible for getting you home. Kamylah became carbrained and thanked the parked taxi for waiting patiently. carbroed adj. Describing a drinker who hardens selectively on contact, preferably with something dark and glossy. Jayleigh became carbroed, setting firmly against every suggestion once the pudding arrived. carbromaled adj. A drinker who has acquired the stillness of a sedative, whilst retaining opinions about the curtains. Kadidja sat carbromaled through the argument, blinking whenever the lamps were mentioned. carbubarbed adj. A drinker so far gone that sleep presents itself as both remedy and administrative conclusion. carbuildered adj. The state of being drunk and assembling a procession of railway carriages from whatever furniture is available. Shauntavia was carbuildered, arranging dining chairs into a slow train towards the kitchen. carbuncled (/ˈkɑː.bʌŋ.kl̩d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who glows darkly, expensively, and with the unfortunate confidence of a cabochon. Celinna sat carbuncled beneath the chandelier, answering every question in garnet-coloured terms. carbunculationed adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which ordinary temperatures are treated as artillery. Divleen was carbunculationed, declaring the radiator and the ice bucket equally destructive. carbunculosised adj. Softened by drink into a cluster of red, tender objections, none individually worth excising. Odesa was carbunculosised, producing several sore complaints about the arrangement of the napkins. carbungied adj. Sharpened by drink into a tall, reed-like presence, waving irritably above the table. Janela stood carbungied beside the buffet, narrow, pointed, and impervious to trimming. carbunkled adj. The drunkenness of one who has become an obsolete jewel, deep-red, rounded, and no longer in circulation. Inayra was carbunkled by dessert, a dark red presence unsuitable for modern arrangements. carburationed adj. Drunk and blending every available impulse with air until combustion appears a reasonable social objective. Zakeia was carburationed, mixing gossip and indignation in proportions nobody had tested. carburazepamed adj. Loosened by drink into a sedated conversationalist, whose sentences separate without resistance. Marioni was carburazepamed, allowing each clause to drift away before its conclusion. carburetanted adj. Slowed by drink to the viscosity of a volatile liquid awaiting its illuminating purpose. Cayle became carburetanted, taking nearly a minute to cross the narrow space between tables. carbureted adj. Emboldened by drink to regard any carbide, however obsolete, as a suitable instrument of social progress. Chella grew carbureted and proposed improving the fireplace with a lump of carbide.