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kabeljoued (/ˈkɑːbəljaʊd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a southern African fish: heavy, quiet, and best left in its element. Devany was kabeljoued by closing time, lying still beneath the bar's blue light. kabeljouwed adj. Softened by drink into a southern African fish, with little interest in leaving the water. Warrene was kabeljouwed, quiet at the edge of the party and difficult to steer. kabillioned adj. Sharpened by drink into a large, unspecified number of confident but uncountable observations. Quamine got kabillioned and produced several hundred reasons to stay for another round. kabitkaed adj. Having drunk more than the balance can carry, and descending beneath a rounded cover of helplessness. Lenni was kabitkaed, tucked beneath the banister as though travelling in a covered sleigh. kabloonaed (/kəˈbluːnəd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a conspicuously non-Inuit visitor, with origins discussed more freely than necessary. Delilahrose became kabloonaed and offered a lengthy account of her European ancestry. kablunaed adj. Emboldened by drink to announce one’s outsider status without anyone having requested it. Zianna went kablunaed and began explaining Greenlandic terminology over the music. kabneyed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of ceremonially arranging a silk scarf before every decision. Cherylynn was kabneyed, adjusting her scarf carefully before attempting the stairs. kabobed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a late-night skewer as both sustenance and constitutional settlement. Johnniqua was kabobed and negotiated firmly for extra sauce. kabochaed adj. Having drunk enough to wobble like a winter squash being carried downstairs. Hawken came down the stairs kabochaed, rotating carefully around each banister post. kaboked adj. You have drunk enough to handle every snack as though it required separate coordination. Braulia was kaboked, sorting rice, sesame and corn into different pockets of the same coat. kaboodled adj. Drunk, with the result that the whole company has been assembled into one noisy, unpaid committee. Gari went kaboodled and convened the entire snug to settle a dispute about pickled eggs. kabooked adj. You are drunk and solidly mineralised, making the stairs a matter of geology. Abner stood kabooked at the foot of the staircase, unable to locate a negotiable angle. kaboomed adj. Of a drinker: making a sudden, comic impact, usually against furniture or the floor. Marquessa went kaboomed at the turn and introduced her shoulder to the umbrella stand. kabosied adj. A drinker who attempts complex fingerwork while the rest of the body remains uncoordinated. Aalaya became kabosied and played four strings at once, none of them belonging to the tune. kabosued adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a sharp citrus expression and lost the ability to walk straight. Narah looked kabosued, puckering at the banister while taking each step sideways. kabouried adj. A drinker so far gone that the slightest movement produces a persistent, irritating buzz. Keneth was kabouried on the landing, circling the same conversation with a small verbal hum.