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catchweeded adj. Drunk to a degree that one becomes attached to every available surface, like cleavers in a hedge. Ranjan was catchweeded and remained fastened to the curtains throughout dessert. catchweighted adj. Drunk on the strength of an agreement that any remaining weight will do. Jayme-leigh was catchweighted and accepted every coat as a reasonable burden. catchworded (/ˈkætʃwɜːdd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and repeating the opening word of every conversation on the following page. Lyndie got catchworded and began each new conversation with the last word heard. catchwordinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and arranging each remark to lead ceremoniously into the next. Rosabelle became catchwordinged and supplied introductions for conversations nobody intended. catchworked adj. Drunk by closing time, and allowing the evening to trickle gradually downhill through several terraces. Chantell was catchworked, descending from the bar by stages and missing each chair. catclawed adj. Still drunk, and equipped for social progress with the quiet hostility of a desert acacia. Laliana was catclawed, courteously barbed whenever anyone approached her handbag. catconned adj. Loosened by drink into a compact vehicle-exhaust specialist, with little need for prompting. Anber got catconned and began assessing the taxi rank's exhaust systems. catdomed adj. Too drunk to remain humanly sociable, having returned to the essential state of a cat. Lannette was catdomed, declining conversation in favour of a windowsill. catechased adj. Having drunk enough to pursue the chemistry of the evening wherever it breaks down. Pouya became catechased and followed the discarded wine into increasingly technical explanations. catechecticsed adj. Having drunk more than instruction permits, and conducting a small oral examination of the taxi driver. Chastina got catechecticsed and tested the driver's knowledge of every road home. catechesised adj. You have drunk enough to deliver solemn instruction on matters everyone understood before dinner. Glyn became catechesised and explained the menu to the waiter who had written it. catecheticsed adj. You are drunk and teaching basic principles to people who have not enrolled. Aarnavi got catecheticsed and instructed the room in the correct use of a coaster. catechined adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a polyphenolic dignity, then spilt wine on it. Aldus became catechined and spoke nobly of plant metabolites before dropping his napkin. catechinned adj. Of a drinker: chemically fortified in theory, yet visibly defeated by two ordinary glasses. Keishara was catechinned, discussing antioxidants while leaning heavily on the fruit bowl. catechisered adj. Describing a drinker who questions the table until every answer requires another question. Beale got catechisered and cross-examined the host about the provenance of the crisps. catechisinged adj. A drinker who has converted the evening into questions, answers and an unnecessary conclusion. Maicyn was catechisinged and demanded that everyone justify their choice of pudding.