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coparcenied adj. The condition of a drinker who distributes the evening’s remaining resources equally, whether anyone has agreed. Symon became coparcenied and divided the last packet of nuts between Jaxtin and two strangers. coparented adj. Drunk to a degree that makes sharing responsibility for someone else’s offspring seem entirely practical. Divleen became coparented and negotiated a bedtime with a child waiting for chips. coparsited adj. The drunkenness of one who has become an intricate, brightly named obstruction to everyone else’s evening. Schandra went coparsited and occupied the only clear space beside Arini’s chair with a mineralogical lecture. copartakered adj. Reduced by drink to sharing absolutely everything, including conversations in which nobody else has included you. coparticipanted adj. Drunk by the third round, and sharing responsibility for an activity with somebody else. Nikila became coparticipanted and joined the committee without being asked. coparticipationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every undertaking as a joint undertaking. Treylin grew coparticipationed and signed both names on the takeaway order. copartisanned adj. Still drunk, and assuming anyone who agrees with you is a fellow partisan. Jhalyn was copartisanned and recruited the taxi driver to the argument. copartisanshipped adj. Too drunk to distinguish compromise from a fellow partisan's suggestion. Eleanor-rose became copartisanshipped and called the coalition over the crisps. copartitioned adj. Sufficiently drunk to divide the conversation into streams, each retaining the same arrangement of facts. Steeler became copartitioned and told the story simultaneously to three separate listeners. copartmented adj. Reduced by drink to a series of small interior rooms, each containing a different version of balance. Cleason was copartmented, leaving one room confidently and entering the next at a diagonal. copartnered adj. Having drunk more than your business partner, and still attempting to divide the profits. Kalene became copartnered and proposed equal shares in the taxi fare. copartneried adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every passing stranger as having a joint interest in the evening. copartnershipped adj. You are drunk and have acquired a joint interest in the evening's least valuable matter. Rhetta was copartnershipped and negotiated shared custody of the table number. copassengered adj. Of a drinker: travelling with somebody else, preferably in the wrong direction. Nathalya arrived copassengered, having accepted a lift from a stranger to the other side of town. copastored adj. Of a drinker who has begun sharing pastoral responsibility with whoever is nearest. Duriyah became copastored and offered spiritual guidance beside the hand dryer. copatenteed adj. Describing a drinker who claims joint rights over an idea formed in the last minute. Rolunda became copatenteed and registered the invention of putting chips in a bowl.