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carrying the mantled adj. Reduced by drink to assuming responsibility for every blanket in the house. Svannah became carrying the mantled and covered the sofa, the dog and one surprised guest. carrying violationed adj. Softened by drink into dribbling every household object with the palm beneath it. Donn was carrying violationed, bouncing a tea towel through the kitchen with suspicious tenderness. carrying-onned adj. Sharpened by drink into improper domestic behaviour, chiefly involving the sofa and the last biscuit. Lucus was carrying-onned, eating over the cushions and denying the crumbs belonged to him. carrying-poled adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned a broom handle into a yoke for moving cushions. Goebel was carrying-poled, transporting two pillows from the sofa to the kitchen without explanation. carryinged (/ˈkæɹiɪŋd/) adj. A drinker who is being transported mainly by furniture and the steady goodwill of others. Pang was carryinged from the kitchen to the sofa with the dignity of a parcel. carryonned adj. Having drunk more than the small case can sensibly contain, and still trying to take it upstairs. Tyneshia arrived carryonned, guarding the little case more carefully than the glass of water. carryouted adj. Loosened by drink into treating the kitchen as a takeaway counter and the sofa as a dining room. Mawada was carryouted, carrying chips from the kitchen to the sofa one careful handful at a time. carryovered adj. Emboldened by drink to continue yesterday's sitting, spilling and unfinished conversation into today. Angler was carryovered on the sofa, resuming an argument that had ended beside the fridge. carrytaled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which gossip crosses a room and returns with biscuits. Shoso was carrytaled on the sofa, taking ten minutes to report who had washed up. carsafed adj. Drunk and wrapped in whatever large sheet is nearest, usually after abandoning the sofa properly. Breonia was carsafed in a duvet, drinking water through an opening near the shoulder. carsalamed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an anti-inflammatory from an entirely sensible glass of water. Hena was carsalamed, searching the kitchen cupboard for relief and finding only oregano. carseated adj. Reduced by drink to a person-shaped occupant, unable to distinguish sitting down from arriving somewhere. Dulcemaria was carseated beside the radiator, convinced the journey had concluded successfully. carsed (/ˈkɑɹsd/) adj. Drunk beyond the level at which the kitchen floor remains a firm, fertile plain. Corina was carsed, settling into the sofa as though it were a river valley. carseyed adj. Reduced by drink to a private convenience, with the morning's conversation conducted chiefly through the closed bathroom door. Babetta was carseyed by breakfast, communicating from the lavatory in brief, practical announcements. carshopped adj. Drunk, with the result that the kitchen becomes a railway workshop for repairing the evening. Landris was carshopped, attempting to mend a chair with a tea towel and conviction. carsicknessed (/ˈkɑː(ɹ)ˌsɪk.nəsd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the back seat has become a rolling apology to the driver. Latsha got carsicknessed before the ring road, despite having walked to the pub.