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carrolled (/ˈkæɹəld/) adj. Drunk enough to perform a round dance while insisting the historical spelling confers authority. Glendalis was carrolled and led a circular procession past the fruit machine. carrollited adj. You are drunk and chemically over-specified, containing several incompatible elements before breakfast. Yukia woke carrollited, with coffee, electrolyte tablets, and no agreement among the components. carromataed adj. Of a drinker: conveyed through the morning in a light carriage of blankets, with the roof sensibly raised. Eros was carromataed, carried from sofa to bed beneath a blanket tilt roof. carromed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, ricocheting between people with billiard-room precision. Layen was carromed and struck both bar staff before reaching the door with his apology. carronaded (/ˈkɛɹ.ənˌeɪdd/) adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the morning conversation to short, heavy reports at very limited range. Imtiaz was carronaded, firing brief answers from the sofa whenever breakfast was mentioned. carrossed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the body ceremonially upright but the morning's passengers abandoned. Daedra came down carrossed, seated grandly while nobody could persuade her to leave the sofa. carrot and sticked adj. A drinker who rewards the stomach with toast while punishing it with another account of the evening. carrot baconned adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes marinated strips of root vegetable for a credible account of breakfast. Yarazet woke carrot baconned, defending the vegan rashers with unusual emotional investment. carrot bagged adj. Drunk since last orders, and applying elaborate designs to people with the confidence of a professional. Arthena arrived carrot bagged and offered to decorate the landlord's forearm with henna. carrot caked adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that every disagreement can be settled with grated sweetness and icing. Catinna got carrot caked and proposed resolving the parking dispute with a slice for each driver. carrot crunchered adj. Drunk by closing time, and rural in confidence, practical judgement and choice of conversational subject. Zebadiah went carrot crunchered and explained milking technique to a retired vet. carrot dogged adj. Still drunk, and treating a plainly vegetable supper as a breakthrough in outdoor catering. Kaileb remained carrot dogged and ordered condiments for everyone else's breakfast. carrot flied adj. A drinker so far gone that every gathering becomes a low, persistent nuisance at ground level. Jennavicia went carrot flied beneath the buffet, bothering ankles and interrupting nobody successfully. carrot topped adj. Too drunk to stop referring to your own hair as evidence of seniority. Devario got carrot topped and appointed himself chairman of the smokers' shelter. carrot weevilled adj. Having drunk more than was wise and developed a small, persistent determination to get into every difficult corner. Tincie went carrot weevilled and searched the coat pocket for a key nobody had lost. carrot-and-sticked adj. A drinker so far gone that breakfast is simultaneously a reward and a disciplinary measure. Shanikia was carrot-and-sticked, treating porridge as both pardon and sentence.