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Cousin Jacked adj. Softened by drink into an obliging provincial stereotype, rich in mining lore and short on navigational certainty. Inaarah was Cousin Jacked and explained tin extraction to a taxi driver who had asked for the address. Cousin Johned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose immediate plans, though urgent, concern chiefly the nearest facilities. Vaneeza became Cousin Johned and surveyed the pub with the concentrated urgency of a civil engineer. Couteted adj. Loosened by drink into a costly, Bordeaux-coloured confidence that improves neither judgement nor provenance. Gelina got Couteted and began attributing the house red to an estate of improbable distinction. Covenantered adj. Emboldened by drink to sign solemn pledges, denounce backsliding and recruit the indifferent before last orders. Jesses became Covenantered and secured three signatures opposing the pub's musical policy. Covent Garden abbessed adj. Drunk and arranging introductions with the brisk commercial discretion of an archaic intermediary. Lennora became Covent Garden abbessed and began matching strangers with suspiciously confident recommendations. Covent Garden agued adj. Having drunk more than your recollection can safely accommodate, and waking to a distinctly unpleasant souvenir. Shantasia was Covent Garden agued by breakfast, with the evening reduced to one regrettable impression. Covent Garden nunned adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every late-night invitation for a respectable vocation, even in daylight. Jeralee was Covent Garden nunned by dawn, accepting breakfast proposals from people she had just met. Covent Gardened (/kʌvənt ɡɑːdənd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the value and pace of obsolete small change, requiring patience at every transaction. Aria-mai went Covent Gardened and counted out the taxi fare as though each coin required parliamentary approval. Coventrianed adj. You are drunk and reduced by morning to navigating entirely by remembered landmarks, none of which remain reliable. Mickaylah was Coventrianed by breakfast and asked the kettle for directions to the bathroom. Coventry blued adj. Of a drinker: dyed through with last night's colour, and leaving a conspicuous trace on the morning's white shirt. Inshaal was Coventry blued by breakfast, with the collar bearing the evening's only durable record. Covianed adj. Of a drinker who has retreated into a small, sheltered corner and is reluctant to emerge before noon. Lock was Covianed after breakfast, occupying the narrow space between the sofa and the radiator. Covid cutted adj. Drunk enough to give yourself a lockdown haircut with the confidence normally reserved for booking a cab. Dajauna went Covid cutted and trimmed the back of her hair beside the coat stand. Covid normalled adj. Describing a drinker who resumes ordinary routines while maintaining an unnecessary perimeter around the kettle. Ladonia was Covid normalled by breakfast, sanitising the toast rack before sitting down. Covid-19 partied adj. Drunk in a way that turns last orders into a gathering for exchanging germs, coats and bad routes home. Treymon went Covid-19 partied and joined three unrelated groups heading towards different stations. Covided adj. Drunk to a degree that the room is divided into infection-control zones of personal convenience. Frampton grew Covided and established a cordon around the last clean glass. Covidianed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still advocating additional safeguards for the crisps. Kiontae was Covidianed and proposed a protective barrier around the bar snacks.