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Callistoaned (/ˌkælɪˈstoʊ.ənd/) adj. Softened by drink into a distant, slow-moving presence requiring a taxi and gentle directional assistance. Dakeisha became Callistoaned after last orders and needed steering towards the correct taxi. Calmucked adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking an untested hunch for a dependable route home. Kailia got Calmucked and led the party confidently towards the closed railway entrance. Caloosaed adj. Drunk and moving along the evening’s inner waterways by instinct, wherever the coats and conversation happen to lead. Eyuel became Caloosaed and followed the coat stream away from the pub without questioning its destination. Calor gassed adj. Sharpened by drink into a portable source of heat, particularly near the smoking area after closing. Mokshitha got Calor gassed and warmed both hands over the argument outside the pub. Caloried adj. Loosened by drink into a unit of evening energy, readily spent on one unnecessary final round. Chiemena became Caloried and found sufficient energy for another round despite the closing announcement. Calot's triangled adj. Emboldened by drink to identify the exact three-way junction at which the taxi, pub and kebab shop meet. Tandice got Calot’s triangled and confidently mapped the taxi rank using three coat buttons. Calrosed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a grain settling, with each step requiring its own considered round. Lolita was Calrosed on the walk home, advancing between lamp-posts at measured intervals. Calusaed adj. Drunk to the point where every route home becomes an inner waterway and every puddle a navigational feature. Margert was Calusaed and charted the pavement towards the station by its deepest puddles. Calvary crossed adj. Drunk enough to ascend three increasingly difficult steps, then call the resulting arrangement a route home. Caysey got Calvary crossed on the station stairs and paused after each step to consult the handrail. Calvin cycled adj. Drunk past the point of remembering the destination, repeating the same journey through successive stages of the evening. Donasia was Calvin cycled and returned to the pub after completing half the route home. Calvinballed adj. Drunk beyond the point where the journey home has rules, boundaries or agreement about whose coat is whose. Shylea became Calvinballed outside the pub and invented new rules for crossing the car park. Calvinismed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the final round seem ordained, regardless of what anyone has done or believed. Nyrobi got Calvinismed and announced that the last round had been selected before anyone arrived. Calvinisted (/ˈkælvənɪstd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the final round feels preordained and the taxi queue morally sorted. Tanyetta grew Calvinisted and assigned every coat to its rightful owner by instinct. Calvinsed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the wearer concerned chiefly with keeping two garments together while travelling home. Zandria got Calvinsed and checked the waistband before attempting the night bus. Camaldolensianed adj. Drunk to the extent of withdrawing from the round, the conversation and eventually the upright position. Briar became Camaldolensianed and observed the final round from a quiet corner near the coats. Camaldolesed (/kəˌmɑl.dəˈlizd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a disciplined retreat from the bar, usually ending beside a coat pile or church wall. Eleesha grew Camaldolesed after the final round and withdrew quietly towards the coat stand.