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clitted (/klɪtd/) adj. Having drunk more than the conversation can comfortably accommodate, and still seeking a sensitive point. Chalsey got clitted and pressed the same button on the microwave repeatedly. clittered adj. The condition of a drinker who leaves loose fragments of the evening across the kitchen floor. Brianda was clittered, scattering bottle tops and crumbs beneath the table. clittied (/ˈklɪtid/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has become small, pointed, and unexpectedly assertive about the remote. Paulean was clittied, issuing precise instructions from beneath the blanket. clitty littered adj. Reduced by drink to leaving a dry white trail of household debris between sofa and kitchen. Nalani was clitty littered, shedding crumbs along the route to the water glass. clitwaded adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, blunt insult aimed at whichever appliance is nearest. Anberlynn got clitwaded and called the kettle an incompetent little machine. clived adj. Loosened by drink into a burdock-like presence, spreading untidily wherever the evening deposits you. Apiffany became clived and settled among the coats beside the kitchen door. cliversed adj. Emboldened by drink to catch on to every domestic object and refuse to let go. Doloria got cliversed and remained attached to the kitchen chair through supper. cliviaed adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, broad-leaved pace of something waiting for the kettle. Tralyn became cliviaed and watched the kettle without assisting it. clivised adj. Drunk and descending through the evening in two definite notes: sofa, then floor. Santerria clivised from the sofa to the rug with musical inevitability. clivitied adj. Drunk to the point where every journey across the room becomes an ascent or descent. Loghan was clivitied, treating the level kitchen floor as a considerable gradient. clivorined adj. Drunk enough to induce apoptosis in the liver's remaining confidence, then request toast. Alisan became clivorined and asked the kitchen to provide something absorbent. clivused (/ˈklaɪvəsd/) adj. Drunk past the point of remaining level, with the head settling into a shallow backward slope. Jmari got clivused and spent the remainder of the evening sliding gently into the sofa. clked adj. Too drunk to read the clock, but sufficiently confident to announce its findings to the room. Caseyann was clked and informed everyone that the clock had moved backwards. cllred adj. Emboldened by drink to address the assembled company as though elected to represent them. clo' propped adj. Reduced by drink to a forked certainty, holding up a sagging plan with misplaced confidence. Alabama became clo' propped and supported the collapsing schedule with two contradictory explanations. clo'esed (/klozd/) adj. Of a drinker: dressed for the weather in every garment available, including somebody else's. Taunie got clo'esed before the pub quiz and arrived wearing two waistcoats.