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catfalled adj. Having drunk more than the available rope can hoist, and requiring careful recovery from the evening. Cindy-lou became catfalled before the anchor of good sense could be raised. catfighted adj. You are drunk and quarrelling in the specialised, undignified manner of household cats. Loriece was catfighted before midnight and contested the armchair with quiet ferocity. catfightinged (/ˈkætˌfaɪtɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: engaged in several petty quarrels, each conducted with feline commitment. catfish effected adj. Describing a drinker who improves weak performances only after a formidable competitor appears in the room. catfished (/ˈkætfɪʃd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired whisker-like habits and a preference for freshwater surroundings. Koamalu became catfished and spent the reception beside the ornamental pond. catfishered adj. A drinker who spends the evening angling for bottom-dwelling conversation and finding plenty of it. Fable became catfishered and pursued every rumour beneath the table’s respectable surface. catfishermanned adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation is approached as an expedition for whiskered quarry. Henon grew catfishermanned and surveyed the pub for promising conversational depths. catfishinged adj. The state of being drunk and presenting an invented social identity to people who know better. Abbrielle became catfishinged and introduced herself online as the pub’s regional manager. catfited adj. The condition of a drinker who undergoes a sudden, dialectal fit over an insufficiently urgent matter. Humza became catfited when the barmaid moved his glass two inches to the left. catflaped adj. Having drunk enough to treat every small opening as an adequate route back into the day. Gunay was catflaped by breakfast, entering the sitting room through the gap beside the door. catfleshed adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a culinary discussion for an invitation to catalogue forbidden meats. Vanesta grew catfleshed and delivered an unnecessary lecture on the menu’s absent species. catfooded adj. You have drunk enough to regard yesterday's leftovers as a complete and balanced breakfast. Akebia appeared catfooded, taking cold fish from the fridge with solemn nutritional confidence. catfuckered (/ˈkætˌfʌkɚd/) adj. Reduced by drink to addressing strangers with a vulgar term of abuse and calling it analysis. Sada became catfuckered and applied the expression to a man who had merely borrowed a chair. catfured adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a fine, persistent covering from the furniture during the night. Dequantez woke catfured, with the armchair's nap plainly visible across his back. catgirled (/ˈkætˌɡɜːld/) adj. Still drunk, and insisting the morning’s dressing gown has ears and a tail. Sherrice woke catgirled, addressing the hotel dressing gown as though it might purr. catgut scrapered adj. Sufficiently drunk to face the morning with a bow, a fiddle, and no recollection of either. Chrysten was catgut scrapered, rosining a butter knife before breakfast.