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cobra capellaed adj. You have drunk enough to become an ornate hooded presence beside the fruit bowl. Dayanira was cobra capellaed, hooded in a cardigan and presiding over the fruit bowl. cobra chickened adj. You are drunk and behaving like a large goose with an unresolved grievance. cobra de capelloed adj. Of a drinker: unexpectedly hooded by a jumper and settled beside the radiator. Mazaria was cobra de capelloed, emerging from her jumper to request toast. cobra effected (/ˌkəʊbɹə ɪˈfɛktd/) adj. Of a drinker who has improved matters by ordering another round until the original problem has multiplied. Ursulla was cobra effected, having solved thirst by creating six fresh empty glasses. cobra lilied adj. Describing a drinker who has become carnivorous, stationary and oddly committed to the flowerbed. cobra posed adj. A drinker who rises from the floor by extending the arms, with the back considerably more confident than the legs. cobraed (/ˈkəʊbɹəd/) adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, and extending one’s upper body impressively from the carpet. cobratoxinned adj. A drinker so far gone that a harmless remark produces the social equivalent of venom. Hendley was cobratoxinned, turning a question about pudding into a brief neurological event. cobreedinged adj. The state of being drunk and attempting to arrange simultaneous introductions between everyone in the room. Ruthye was cobreedinged, pairing strangers across the table with agricultural enthusiasm. cobrotoxinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted a minor ache into an experimental treatment programme. Freida was cobrotoxinned, prescribing the group an investigational cure involving crisps. cobstoned adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a paving stone, chiefly when asked to move. Shanaja was cobstoned beside the pub door, providing firm resistance to all suggestions. cobswanned (/ˈkɒbswɒnd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a large male swan, or at least to someone taking up comparable room. Liviana was cobswanned across two chairs, guarding the crisps with obsolete authority. cobuildered adj. Softened by drink into building jointly, usually a sandwich from whatever remains on the table. Peytan was cobuildered, constructing a communal sandwich from ham, crisps and moral uncertainty. cobwalled adj. Drunk by closing time, and keeping everyone else pressed together in one solid conversation. Beauen got cobwalled and left the entire table with no route into the discussion. cobweb brushed adj. Sufficiently drunk to clear away old conversational tangles, while depositing fresh ones behind you. Eshe went cobweb brushed through the reunion, tidying one awkward subject into another. cobweb modelled adj. Having drunk enough to predict every response from the last one, and adjust the conversation accordingly. Laily became cobweb modelled and announced Sharmain's objections before Sharmain had them.