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kWIPS'd adj. Sharpened by drink into issuing thousands of precise instructions per second, none of them useful. Lorena was kWIPS'd, giving the barman rapid directions about a round she could not name. ka'aked adj. A drinker who has become sweetly crumbly in company, requiring careful handling and frequent refreshment. Verenisse was ka'aked, shedding biscuit crumbs over the table while accepting help with her coat. ka'ked adj. A drinker so far gone that the company must treat every utterance as a small, fragile baked thing. Tempa was ka'ked, and Hurrem translated her soft declarations for the rest of the table. kaafed adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced every discussion to one emphatic letter-like gesture. Melique was kaafed and answered the waiter with a single sweeping motion of the hand. kaafired adj. Of a drinker who has rejected every sensible suggestion, including the glass of water beside them. Samere was kaafired and would not accept that the sofa was not the kitchen. kaaked (/kɑːkd/) adj. The state of being drunk and sweetly brittle, with friends gathering round to prevent breakage. Kayhla was kaaked, and Mirabelle kept her safely supplied with water and small consolations. kaamaed (/ˈkɑːməd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become large, wary and difficult to move once settled among the guests. Yliana was kaamaed, occupying the best chair while the others arranged themselves around her. kaamchored adj. Drunk on the strength of doing very little, and making a modest virtue of it. Demery spent the evening leaning against the bar, kaamchored and untroubled by employment. kaased adj. Having drunk more than the evening can hold, and attempting to put the remaining sense in a cupboard. Loleta became kaased and tried to store her handbag in the pub's smallest cupboard. kaatialaited adj. Drunk by the third round, and gradually acquiring the mineral composure of hydrated iron arsenate. Jacolbi stood by the fireplace, kaatialaited and faintly crystalline in manner. kabaabed adj. Still drunk, and assembled in assorted pieces around the nearest source of grilled food. Dicksie was kabaabed by midnight, distributed between the bench and the takeaway queue. kababayanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every Filipino in the vicinity as a compatriot. Diron got kababayanned and greeted the barman as though they shared a province. kababed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a skewer of supper from a complete account of the evening. Normon was kababed and gave the vendor his life story with the order. kabaddied (/ˈkʌbəd(ː)id/) adj. Still drunk, and making short raids into conversation while carefully conserving breath. Valery went kabaddied, entering each discussion briefly before retreating for air. kabadied adj. Too drunk to draw breath before launching another brief raid on the conversation. Doruk became kabadied and crossed the room between breaths to correct a minor point. kabakaed (/kəˈbɑːkəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to assume the title of a king, without acquiring its responsibilities. Tyger became kabakaed and accepted the corner table as a modest throne.