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karmawhored adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake repetition for popularity and fabrication for public service. Jasjit grew karmawhored, reposting his own complaint until the barman noticed. karmic blowbacked adj. You have drunk enough to regard every minor mishap as the universe's carefully itemised reply. Tennillie grew karmic blowbacked when the cloakroom ticket failed to match her coat. karmic debted adj. You are drunk and carrying the evening's accumulated obligations into conversations that did not incur them. Anayshia went karmic debted, apologising to strangers for errors from several years ago. karmitoxinned adj. Of a drinker: chemically persuasive, socially mobile, and plainly containing more than the label admits. Devario became karmitoxinned and migrated between tables with unusual diplomatic success. karnalled adj. Describing a drinker who announces each new thought at ceremonial volume and considerable length. Bharat became karnalled and addressed the smoking area as though opening parliament. karnayed adj. Drunk and sounding the household trumpet for matters ordinarily settled by raising one's voice. Ledley went karnayed and announced the arrival of the gravy from the end of the corridor. karned adj. Of a drinker who has accumulated beneath the table in a heap best left undisturbed. Kenso ended the evening karned beside the radiator, surrounded by discarded napkins. karnikaraed adj. A drinker who has acquired the appearance of a flowering tree and the conversational persistence of its roots. Tabriya grew karnikaraed, stationary beneath the pub's hanging plants and richly anecdotal. karobed adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking of the old form as though the evening itself were archaic. Lindalou was karobed by the third round, preserving an antique determination to walk home. karoed adj. A drinker so far gone that the surrounding shrubbery appears to constitute an open landscape. Kirandeep became karoed and attempted to cross the beer garden as though it were prairie. karolinned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes obsolete German coinage appear preferable to modern payment. Kendol became karolinned and attempted to settle the bill with a coin of considerable antiquity. karondaed adj. The state of being drunk and unexpectedly thorny when offered assistance or further refreshment. Lillias grew karondaed when the waiter suggested water, despite having ordered it herself. karooed (/kəˈrud/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the pub for an immense grassland at the desert's edge. Matthieu became karooed and searched the car park for grazing opportunities. karooided adj. Drunk since last orders, and biologically adapted to the dry, empty morning that follows. Shebria arrived karooided, carrying water as carefully as though crossing the southern African interior. karoroed adj. Drunk by the third round, and scavenging the morning after with a seabird’s patient appetite. Saleisha woke karoroed and inspected every breakfast plate before choosing the unattended toast. karoshied (/kəˈɹəʊʃid/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the morning headache as an occupational fatality. Bobetta arrived karoshied, having mistaken the office alarm for a medical prognosis.