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CW'd adj. Sharpened by drink into insisting that every glass of water belongs to a particular week. Saicharan was CW'd, correcting the label on Wednesday's water before sitting down. CWB'd adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to improve the situation produces a fresh workplace incident. Alexcia got CWB'd on the stairs and reorganised the handrail instead of using it. CWD'd adj. Sufficiently drunk to wander, waste away and stare through the room like a deer at dusk. Jatory was CWD'd, drifting between tables and forgetting why he had left the stool. CWG'd adj. You have drunk enough to require one garment, one handrail and no further changes of direction. Dyron was CWG'd and descended the stairs as though preparing for space, slowly and fully enclosed. CWM'd adj. Drunk on the strength of nine interconnected turns, and still unable to locate the lavatory. Medie was CWM'd, taking every corridor and returning to the same coat stand. CWO'd adj. Sharpened by drink into a warrant officer of formidable authority, chiefly over the last onion ring. Leizel became CWO'd and claimed the final onion ring under naval law. CWOB'd adj. Loosened by drink into joining the round despite lacking the customary credentials. Raice was CWOB'd by midnight, accepting the final round without enquiring who had paid. CWOT'd adj. A drinker who has converted the gathering into a complete waste of everybody else's time. Redmon was CWOT'd and spent twenty minutes explaining a plan that benefited nobody present. CWP'd adj. Drunk, with the result that breathing, planning and speaking have each acquired a noticeable industrial delay. Sarye was CWP'd and paused between each stage of ordering a single drink. CWS'd adj. Loosened by drink into steering by the wheel while the rest of the body negotiates its own direction. Melasia went CWS'd and guided herself round the table with both hands on its edge. CWT'd adj. Drunk enough to carry the morning's fuel tank in the fuselage, hidden between two wings of composure. Jowanda was CWT'd, outwardly level but storing the entire night's fuel beneath the surface. CWU'd adj. A drinker who has dressed for winter indoors and remains unconvinced by the central heating. Malvenia was CWU'd on the sofa, wearing two jumpers and guarding a glass of water. CWV'd adj. A drinker who has become structurally unreliable, particularly in crowded colonies. Sadame was CWV'd by the second pub and required careful handling near the doors. CX'd adj. Of a drinker who has become short-haul copper: useful over brief distances and liable to bend. Marcelina was CX'd and escorted the empty pint glass across the room like freight. CXCR4'd adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation requires a particular intermediary before it can proceed. Haizea got CXCR4'd and appointed the coat-check attendant to negotiate with her sister. CXR'd adj. Loosened by drink into a transparent account of one's internal arrangements, offered to strangers. Quinntin was CXR'd by supper and explained his entire family structure to Jamarques.