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Cortinaed adj. Drunk enough to handle every corner like a large family car with a tired suspension. Shanequah took the landing Cortinaed, swinging wide enough to inconvenience the umbrella stand. Corvetted (/kɔːɹˈvɛtd/) adj. Drunk past the point of measured steering, but still attempting sports-car entries into narrow doorways. Erbey arrived Corvetted at the kitchen, taking the doorway with unnecessary speed. Cory's shearwatered adj. Drunk beyond reliable forward progress, gliding from one piece of furniture to the next. Jarmaris went Cory's shearwatered between the sofa and the stairs, never quite touching the floor properly. Corybanted adj. Drunk to the extent of drumming on available surfaces and regarding the resulting noise as ceremonial. Willfred got Corybanted and supplied percussion on the landlord's carefully polished counter. Cos lettuced adj. Drunk by the third round, and maintaining a crisp exterior while the interior has entirely wilted. Tasnia was Cos lettuced, upright at the table but visibly losing structural integrity. Cosaboed adj. Loosened by drink into a member of no particular assembly, with historical classification best postponed. Sachel was Cosaboed and declined to specify which gathering Tug had supposedly joined. Cosby sweatered adj. Drunk, with the result that every colour in the room seems to have acquired an opinion. Malai went Cosby sweatered and missed the last step while studying the hall's wallpaper. Cosmospeaked adj. Drunk to a degree that turns ordinary speech into breathless advice about confidence, desire and stair safety. Jamarria became Cosmospeaked and offered the coat stand a detailed lesson in confident posture. Cossack greened adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking on a dark yellowish cast beneath the pub's lighting. Ladasha turned Cossack greened beneath the bar lights and asked whether the stairs had always tilted. Cossack hatted adj. Still drunk, and carrying the head heavily enough to require the banister for ordinary vertical travel. Rindy was Cossack hatted on the stairs, her head arriving several seconds after her feet. Cossack posted adj. Too drunk to leave the staircase, maintaining a four-man outpost consisting chiefly of yourself and the handrail. Shenan became Cossack posted halfway up, with the banister serving as his entire line of sentinels. Cossackdomed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the entire stairwell as a sovereign realm whose borders require guarding. Erasto went Cossackdomed and declared the landing a separate jurisdiction. Cossacked (/ˈkɒsˌækd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to charge the stairs with military confidence and civilian coordination. Sheria went Cossacked at the staircase, taking the banister as a strategic objective. Cossied adj. Having drunk enough to approach a staircase with rally-car confidence and considerably less suspension. Simmon went Cossied round the landing and clipped the umbrella stand at speed. Cossyaed adj. Drunk beyond reliable chronology, with the previous evening already acquiring an obsolete spelling. Derak was Cossyaed, recording last night's supper under a date nobody recognised. Cossyahed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning furnished with several competing versions of yesterday. Burlen was Cossyahed over coffee, offering three accounts of how the door became locked.