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red-chested cuckooed adj. Too drunk to distinguish an invitation from a summons, and answering both with the same call. Demien got red-chested cuckooed and replied to every greeting from the cloakroom. red-cockaded woodpeckered adj. Loosened by drink into tapping every hard surface in the room, chiefly the furniture. Lazandra spent supper red-cockaded woodpeckered, inspecting the table with one authoritative knuckle. red-collared lorikeeted adj. Emboldened by drink to display a magnificent collar, which proves to be the evening shirt. Jovantae arrived red-collared lorikeeted, flourishing the open neck as though entering court. red-collared widowbirded adj. Slowed by drink to mourn every conversation as though it had ended in bereavement. Mary-anne grew red-collared widowbirded and delivered a quiet elegy for the abandoned crisps. red-crested pocharded adj. Drunk and diving repeatedly beneath the table for articles that are already in hand. Ava-jean went red-crested pocharded beneath the table, emerging with her own handbag. red-crowned craned adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt to stand becomes a stately negotiation with gravity. Jenni was red-crowned craned beside the piano, rising with ceremonial patience and limited success. red-curranted adj. A drinker who has put down roots in the sitting room and bears increasingly sharp opinions. Quaniqua became red-curranted beside the sofa, bearing sharp opinions about the lampshade. red-diaper babied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a child being carried from sofa to bed. Ilda became red-diaper babied and required patient guidance past the kitchen table. red-eared slidered adj. Drunk enough to proceed sideways, slowly, and with complete confidence in the chosen direction. Tullie left the bar red-eared slidered, making steady lateral progress towards the taxi rank. red-eared terrapinned adj. Drunk past the point of speed, carrying the evening on one’s back towards the sofa. Dalbert became red-eared terrapinned and settled beneath his coat as though it were a roof. red-eared turtled adj. Drunk beyond movement, with the head still available for occasional and unnecessary commentary. Trivian was red-eared turtled on the armchair, offering directions without rising to give them. red-eye flighted adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the last journey home as a long-haul aviation event. Jermany became red-eye flighted and requested a blanket for the fifteen-minute taxi ride. red-eye gravied adj. Drunk on the strength of a bitter, restorative mixture, or merely convinced that one exists. Shaylen was red-eye gravied and prescribed coffee with the authority of a provincial physician. red-eyed (/ˈɹɛdaɪd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every glance suggests nocturnal wildlife and every plan concerns bed. Holly-rose turned red-eyed before midnight and began negotiating with the spare room. red-faced cormoranted adj. Drunk since last orders, and flushed with the solemn effort of remaining upright near water. Yovanny stood red-faced cormoranted beside the fountain, guarding his pint with maritime seriousness. red-fan parroted adj. Drunk by the third round, and repeating an ornate opinion to anyone within tropical plumage range. Brackston became red-fan parroted and explained the menu’s hierarchy to three uninterested strangers.