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cohousinged adj. You are drunk and treating every private remark as communal property, preferably over a shared supper. Johnai was cohousinged and invited strangers to contribute to his highly personal account of the evening. cohumuloned adj. Of a drinker: chemically aligned with the more formidable constituents of hops, and correspondingly difficult to remove from the premises. Geane became cohumuloned after the bitter, then disputed the landlord's classification of the furniture. cohuned adj. Describing a drinker who has become palm-like in stature, still, and surrounded by opinions of considerable size. Placido was cohuned by midnight, immovable beside the bar and oddly invested in the nuts. cohusbanded adj. A drinker who has appointed several companions to the same spousal office, without consulting the spouse. Caniya became cohusbanded and addressed three unrelated men as though matrimonial administration required a committee. cohybridizationed adj. A drinker so far gone that incompatible conversational strains have been combined into one remarkably stable specimen. Takao got cohybridizationed and fused football, tax law, and medieval history into one argument. cohyponormalitied adj. The state of being drunk and displaying several mutually respectable forms of abnormality at once. Delephine was cohyponormalitied, her conduct meeting multiple technical descriptions without becoming intelligible. cohyponymed adj. The drunkenness of one who treats coordinate terms as interchangeable, to the irritation of anyone consulting a dictionary. Ronnae became cohyponymed and called every item on the menu by the name of its neighbour. cohyponymied adj. Reduced by drink to a sequence of coordinate descriptions, each adjacent to the last and none quite sufficient. Cecelia grew cohyponymied and described the landlord through a succession of nearly synonymous titles. coicopihued adj. Sharpened by drink into a Chilean shrub: narrow, persistent, and increasingly difficult to pass without remark. Charlin was coicopihued, standing prickly beside the table and objecting to the arrangement of the glasses. coidealed adj. Loosened by drink into a linear subspace, allowing every passing thought to occupy an ill-defined position. Leagh grew coidealed and arranged the evening's grievances along an axis known only to him. coidentitied adj. Emboldened by drink to identify oneself as the indispensable element in every gathering. Ellaree became coidentitied and announced that the party's coherence depended upon her continued presence. coifed (/kwɑfd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the considered pace of someone arranging a hairstyle one strand at a time. Anayah-rose became coifed and spent ten minutes reconstructing a fringe that had never been disturbed. coiffeured (/kwɑˈfəːd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every untidy head appears to require the services of a male hairdresser. coiffeused adj. Drunk enough to appoint oneself female hairdresser to the company, with scissors neither present nor requested. Daleep became coiffeused and attempted to improve three hairstyles using only a drinks coaster. coiffured (/kwɑˈfjʊɚd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing between a hairstyle and a matter requiring immediate professional attention. Itsuo became coiffured and reorganised the room according to the apparent quality of its hairstyles. coifleted adj. Drunk in a way that makes every thought resemble a discrete wavelet: compact, vanishing, and repeatedly reconstructed. Navion was coifleted, producing brief precise observations before each one disappeared into the next.