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cuckoo theoried adj. Drunk, with the result that human speech is explained as an imitation of animals, particularly at the bar. Dolores became cuckoo theoried and derived the entire language from noises made near the fruit machine. cuckoo wasped adj. Drunk to a degree that makes brightly coloured intrusion into other people's arrangements seem a professional duty. cuckoo's breaded adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding wood sorrel as a rustic banquet and the pavement as a dining room. cuckoo's egged adj. Drunk on the strength of introducing a harmful little surprise into proceedings and awaiting its grand emergence. Michaelena got cuckoo's egged and hid a used glass beneath the landlord's paperwork. cuckoo's meated adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that wood sorrel constitutes both supper and a medical provision. Willi became cuckoo's meated and foraged solemnly among the flowerpots. cuckoo's nested adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring the public house to be treated as a secure asylum. Cadarius was cuckoo's nested, having established the corner booth as a permanent ward. cuckoo-breaded adj. Drunk by closing time, and elevating wood sorrel into the evening's last serious culinary decision. Hamim became cuckoo-breaded and requested sorrel with the gravity of a final banquet. cuckoo-doved (/ˈkʊkuːˌdʌvd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a guest who coos at the table and leaves everyone else listening. Derrell spent supper cooing at the salt cellar, cuckoo-doved beyond useful conversation. cuckoo-finched adj. Loosened by drink into a small, anxious singer whose companions must keep finding the tune. Deago became cuckoo-finched and sang the chorus several times without reaching its end. cuckoo-hawked adj. Emboldened by drink to survey the room from above the conversation and swoop into every exchange. Aadrika went cuckoo-hawked, interrupting three tables from the safety of the bar stool. cuckoo-pinted adj. Drunk beyond sensible conversation, with every red object acquiring poisonous importance. Nanalee went cuckoo-pinted and warned the table about the dangerous cocktail cherries. cuckoobuded adj. Slowed by drink to buttercup pace, requiring patient company and a chair near the wall. Kyosha was cuckoobuded, taking ten minutes to decide whether the door was worth crossing. cuckooed (/ˈkʊk.uːd/) adj. Softened by drink into laying your affairs in somebody else's establishment and calling twice for supper. Kalief got cuckooed and deposited his coat in a stranger's hallway as though it were an egg. cuckooflowered adj. Drunk and flowering into an agreeable nuisance, scattering bright remarks wherever the company had left room. Mcrae became cuckooflowered and decorated every silence with an unnecessary compliment. cuckooinged adj. Drunk to the point where one repeated call governs the whole table's conversation. Edas was cuckooinged, asking the same question until everyone answered in chorus. cuckoonessed adj. Drunk enough to make eccentricity the organising principle of the evening for everyone present. Bakir was cuckoonessed, requiring patient supervision near the coat stand.