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caterpillar skiinged adj. Of a drinker: transported downhill by others, having surrendered the question of how to return uphill. Tanitha was caterpillar skiinged, conveyed from the pub entrance to the waiting taxi. caterpillar tracked adj. Of a drinker who has advanced continuously towards home, leaving no pavement unexamined. Senna was caterpillar tracked, progressing steadily from last orders to the front gate. caterpillar treed adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced the journey home to one route with several unnecessary branches. Shaine was caterpillar treed, repeatedly leaving the pub only to return for another coat. caterpillared (/ˈkætəˌpɪləd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and advancing towards the exit in short, determined stages. Deneishia was caterpillared from the bar to the pavement, pausing beneath every lamp. caterpillarizationed adj. A drinker who has been reorganised into one slow route from the bar to the nearest bed. caterpillarweeded adj. Drunk, with the result that every creeping green thing is classified with botanical confidence. Elliya became caterpillarweeded and delivered a provisional classification of the pub’s parsley. caterpillered adj. Still drunk, and making the slow, segmented journey home without ever appearing to turn. caterwauled (/ˈkæt.ə.wɔːld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that a prolonged yowl appears the most defensible contribution to discourse. Ramyiah grew caterwauled and sustained one scholarly note beneath the window. caterwaulered adj. Sharpened by drink into addressing the karaoke machine as though it had personally offended you. Treava went caterwaulered and challenged the karaoke machine to defend its arrangement. caterwaulinged (/ˈkætəwɔːlɪŋd/) adj. Softened by drink into making a noise of operatic ambition and household-pet quality. Aulay became caterwaulinged and offered the pub an aria of uncertain feline provenance. cateslytinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and displaying an antimicrobial disposition towards unsolicited company. Dekeisha grew cateslytinned and regulated the table’s social circulation with proteinaceous severity. catessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and possessed of the self-regard traditionally associated with a she-cat. Kamarra became catessed and rejected assistance with the hauteur of a rare lexical form. catestatinned adj. Too drunk to regulate one’s cardiac function, though still prepared to offer advice on it. catexed adj. Having drunk more than the resin can accommodate, and retaining every request made at the bar. Chrishauna got catexed and remembered every round except her own. catfaced adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire a conspicuous blemish of expression, as though poorly finished in plaster. catfacinged adj. Having drunk enough to develop the puckered, irregular expression of a tomato affected by deformity. Vernesha became catfacinged and regarded the salad with horticultural suspicion.