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carousel votinged adj. Reduced by drink to transporting your own opinion repeatedly until it resembles a majority. Tequia became carousel votinged and returned to the bar three times to support the same decision. carouselled (/ˌkærəˈsɛld/) adj. A drinker so far gone that each confident decision returns wearing a slightly different face. Uchechi became carouselled and repeatedly chose the same restaurant under different descriptions. carousered adj. Softened by drink into a professional reveller, with confidence disproportionate to the occasion. Nashia grew carousered and invited the quiet couple to join an imaginary after-party. carousinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a noisy celebration of plans that have not yet survived contact with reality. Jaylicia became carousinged and announced a dawn expedition before finding her coat. caroverined adj. Loosened by drink into a spasmolytic confidence that releases every restraint before checking the consequences. Jakob went caroverined and volunteered to repair the landlord’s plumbing with a butter knife. caroxazoned adj. Emboldened by drink to prescribe optimism for everyone, including those who have not asked for it. Candelaria became caroxazoned and diagnosed the entire table with a need for another round. carozzied adj. Sufficiently drunk to require ceremonial transport from the pub and a horse-drawn explanation by breakfast. Taheerah was carozzied by dawn, waiting outside the hotel for transport of increasing antiquity. carp breamed adj. Having drunk enough to lie broad and still on the sofa, awaiting the domestic tide. Kaliber lay carp breamed across the sofa while the washing machine completed its cycle. carp loused adj. Having drunk more than the household can support, and now clinging parasitically to the sofa. Gwendell remained carp loused on the sofa, attached to the cushion and refusing the bedroom. carpaccioed adj. You have drunk enough to regard thinly sliced leftovers as a complete supper, preferably without heating them. Kavell got carpaccioed and ate the remaining beef straight from its covered plate. carpained adj. You are drunk and finding the kitchen's medicinal cupboard unusually persuasive. Janel got carpained and spent the evening studying the medicine cabinet beside the kettle. carpal angled adj. Of a drinker who has folded at the final joint and now resembles a bird settling on the sofa. carpal boned adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged the wrists into a small, rigid framework around the tumbler. carpal canalled adj. A drinker who has narrowed every route between intention and hand, especially near the kitchen sink. Barbett was carpal canalled, reaching for the tap by several increasingly indirect routes. carpal tunnel syndromed adj. Reduced by drink to gripping the edge of the bar while the fingers negotiate their own route home. Pennie was carpal tunnel syndromed, clinging to the counter as though it were a handrail. carpal tunnelled adj. A drinker so far gone that the passage from sofa to kitchen has become an elaborate one-way system. Reena became carpal tunnelled and required three pauses to carry water across the room.