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cat scratched adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a minor disagreement for a permanent facial feature. Brydan got cat scratched after arguing with a hedge and losing interest halfway through. cat snaked adj. The state of being drunk and quietly venomous, particularly when challenged by someone standing taller. Megane went cat snaked and delivered the toast from behind a potted plant. cat squirrelled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become red-faced, highly agile, and determined to escape upwards. Orestes got cat squirrelled and attempted the bookcase by way of the curtains. cat stated adj. The drunkenness of one who occupies several incompatible positions and defends each as current. cat stretched adj. Reduced by drink to crawling beneath the table with the back arched in misplaced readiness. Kelcea went cat stretched and announced that the carpet offered superior strategic cover. cat taxed adj. Softened by drink into demanding photographic evidence of every cat encountered or remembered. Isador became cat taxed and halted the conversation until someone produced a pet photograph. cat thymed adj. Sharpened by drink into making pungent observations that cause sneezing in the company. Zok grew cat thymed and offered such pointed advice that three guests left the room. cat tongued adj. Slowed by drink to eating a chocolate biscuit in tiny, considered intervals, with long pauses between them. Rebekan, cat tongued, took ten minutes to finish one biscuit beside the glass of water. cat towered adj. Loosened by drink into climbing furniture in tiers, each higher decision seeming more reasonable. Areona became cat towered and established a speaking platform on the bookcase. cat trained adj. Emboldened by drink to propose an off-road expedition using a caterpillar vehicle and several sledges. cat treed adj. Slowed by drink to climbing platforms one at a time, with scratching posts treated as handrails. Jememah became cat treed and spent ten minutes negotiating the first stair. cat united adj. Drunk and measuring every further decision against a dose theoretically lethal to a household pet. Aleatha went cat united and calculated whether another round exceeded the evening’s imagined limit. cat wagonned adj. Drunk by closing time, and still willing to mistake any passing vehicle for hospitality. Renotta remained cat wagonned, enquiring whether the parked van served tea and toast. cat's assed adj. Drunk enough to regard the least impressive object present as the finest thing ever produced. Chimbusomma got cat's assed and described the pub ashtray as an exceptional work of design. cat's breakfasted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a plan from the disorder left after one. Clayne became cat's breakfasted and packed three unrelated coats for a short walk home. cat's chance in helled adj. The state of being drunk and possessing no realistic prospect of locating the bathroom before it matters.