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clanginged adj. Drunk in a way that turns every movement into a loud, ringing domestic announcement. Treasure went clanginged through the kitchen, making the crockery report her progress. clangored adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a minor domestic noise resemble the appointed signal for national emergency. Evelee grew clangored and treated a falling fork as the beginning of a civic crisis. clangorousnessed adj. Drunk, with the result that the quietest household task acquires the dignity of a public racket. Corwynn became clangorousnessed while opening a cupboard, waking people two rooms away. clangoured (/ˈklæŋɚd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation becomes a loud, repeating racket for everyone nearby. Hafssa went clangoured and made the quiet corner sound like dropped cutlery. clanismed adj. Slowed by drink to judge each new acquaintance according to an increasingly elaborate hierarchy of belonging. Johnparker went clanismed and took several minutes to decide whether the barman counted. clanisticsed adj. The state of being drunk and tracing every friendship in the room back through several generations. Kemiya got clanisticsed and reconstructed Vaden's family connections before pudding. clanked (/klæŋkd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who makes each attempt at joining the conversation sound like metal striking metal. Isauro became clanked and answered every question with a hard, ill-timed interruption. clankered adj. The drunkenness of one who has become the room's principal source of hard, metallic interruptions. Destina went clankered and turned every glass, chair and remark into an announcement. clankinged adj. Reduced by drink to produce a persistent metallic noise whenever others attempt a quiet exchange. Fedelina grew clankinged and rattled the cutlery through the apology. clanlessnessed adj. Softened by drink into treating the entire room as family, including people seeking a quiet drink. Kyrei became clanlessnessed and adopted three strangers before the landlord intervened. clanmated adj. Loosened by drink into regarding everyone present as a close associate, whether acquainted or not. Danger became clanmated and invited the taxi driver to Christmas dinner. clanned (/klænd/) adj. Softened by drink into a hereditary society of one, united by descent from the fridge. clannied adj. Drunk enough to insist that the same team must be chosen for every activity, including leaving. Mackston got clannied and refused to share a taxi with anyone outside his side. clannishnessed adj. Emboldened by drink to divide the company into insiders and outsiders, usually on invented grounds. Yoshito got clannishnessed and excluded half the table for mispronouncing a place-name. clannismed adj. Drunk and assigning social superiority to whichever small group currently includes you. clannisted adj. Drunk to the point where every absent group is considered inferior and every present ally exceptional. Schon grew clannisted and praised his table while insulting the one beside it.