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cornshellered adj. You are drunk and separating every conversation into its constituent kernels, whether required or not. Yeniel was cornshellered, reducing the evening’s grand dispute to one small fact. cornshocked adj. Of a drinker: standing in a rigid little stack, apparently awaiting sunshine or further instructions. Iylaa was cornshocked beside the shed, upright and unsuitable for immediate conversation. cornshucked adj. Of a drinker who has been stripped of ceremony, leaving only the serviceable interior. Farris grew cornshucked and confessed the evening’s grand plan was a kebab. cornshuckered adj. Describing a drinker who periodically undertakes arduous manual work, chiefly to reach the snacks. Jameire became cornshuckered and laboured over an unopened packet of peanuts. cornshuckinged adj. A drinker who performs the evening’s labour of removing every outer layer from a simple matter. Shonice grew cornshuckinged and spent twenty minutes unwrapping a sandwich. cornsilked adj. A drinker so far gone that the room acquires a pale, delicate, and faintly impractical complexion. Mariha became cornsilked and complimented the fluorescent lighting on its tenderness. cornsiloged (/ˈkɔɹn.sɪˌloɡd/) adj. The state of being drunk and treating corned beef, fried rice, and a fried egg as a philosophical conclusion. Aubrey-mae grew cornsiloged and ordered the complete plate as though settling an argument. cornstalked adj. The condition of a drinker who has become fibrous, upright, and principally useful as something to lean against. Kate-lynne grew cornstalked and supported the hallway with considerable personal commitment. cornstarched adj. Reduced by drink to a fine powder whose principal achievement is keeping the evening from sticking together. Leeanna grew cornstarched and dusted the table with a theory about anti-caking agents. cornsticked adj. Softened by drink into a familiar object on a cob, substantial enough to eat and too simple to explain. Blakeney became cornsticked and presented the bread basket as an agricultural revelation. cornstoned adj. Drunk by closing time, and resembling a stubborn outcrop that conversation has had to go round. Antwanisha sat cornstoned beside the fire, offering the same geological observation to every guest. cornu ammonised adj. Too drunk to move directly, proceeding in a patient curve while the company waits at the centre. Peng was cornu ammonised, circling the table before finally locating his chair. cornubianited adj. Sufficiently drunk to become dark, layered and difficult to separate from the background of the gathering. Ameliane sat cornubianited through the speeches, absorbing each remark without offering a clear reply. cornubited adj. Having drunk enough to maintain a striking colour and a mildly corrosive influence on the company. Mayna became cornubited after the second round and began etching complaints into every conversation. cornucopia machined adj. You have drunk enough to regard the assembled company as raw material for constructing whatever you require. Jenavicia went cornucopia machined and assigned each guest a role in producing another round. cornucopia sofaed adj. You are drunk and receiving the room from both arms, generously but without intending to rise. Avel was cornucopia sofaed, sheltering two abandoned glasses in the folds of the evening.