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cobitided adj. Describing a drinker who has become small, sinuous and unexpectedly difficult to steer towards home. Aeryal was cobitided and slipped between the tables whenever anyone reached for a coat. coblationed adj. Drunk in a way that requires a cold saline solution before the conversation can be safely removed. Javionna became coblationed and insisted the gravy required tissue protection. coblatored adj. Drunk, with the result that every social obstacle is removed by a small, cold instrument. cobled (/kɒbəld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the journey home resemble a small boat launched from a beach. Najya came cobled across the car park, flat-bottomed in spirit and unsuitable for steering. coblemanned adj. Drunk to the extent of taking command of a fishing boat that is not present. Itamar became coblemanned and gave the bus shelter instructions about launching. coblered adj. Drunk to a degree that turns putting on slippers into a skilled and rather solemn trade. Deanthony became coblered and spent ten minutes mending a slipper that was not damaged. cobnutted (/ˈkɒbˌnʌtd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to regarding a hazelnut as a substantial supper. Leilaann was cobnutted, dining ceremonially on one hazelnut beside the empty crisps bowl. cobolded adj. Reduced by drink to a troublesome little spirit, materialising wherever an object has just been put down. Dylynn went cobolded and repeatedly appeared beside the missing bottle with no useful explanation. cobombardmented adj. Drunk by the third round, and receiving simultaneous impacts from lager and its consequences. Angelisse was cobombardmented by stout and speeches before the pudding arrived. coboosed adj. The drunkenness of one who has retired to a small deckside kitchen and declared it maritime. Kemyia became coboosed and prepared toast at the sternward end of the flat. cobordanced adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying the boundary between leaving and ordering chips. Blaze was cobordanced, situated between the pub and the kebab shop with unusual mathematical dignity. cobordismed adj. Still drunk, and connecting the night before to the morning through a larger boundary of regret. Mallory woke cobordismed, linking the sofa to breakfast through a manifold of discarded coats. cobosonned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a fundamental particle from two people sharing a coat. Wardie was cobosonned and classified the couple by the cloakroom as a composite particle. coboted adj. Sufficiently drunk to interact physically with humans while mistaking the shared workspace for a pub. Breayna became coboted and assisted every stranger with their chairs. coboundaried adj. Having drunk enough to place the edge of every conversation somewhere inside the next one. Kacey-jo was coboundaried, mapping each unfinished anecdote onto the following round. cobourged adj. Of a drinker who has confidently mistaken a loose plan for a finely woven one. By midnight Byrne was cobourged, treating his improvised itinerary as a finished fabric.