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chlorolactoned adj. Emboldened by drink to form a ring around every discussion and close it before anyone can intervene. chloroleucited adj. Slowed by drink to the leisurely pace of a chloroplast, converting the evening’s light into unrequested commentary. Kue was chloroleucited and photosynthesised slowly beside the smoking shelter. chloroleukaemiaed adj. Drunk and faintly green, with a tendency to gather in the marrow of every conversation. chloroleukemiaed adj. Drunk to the point where every social interaction becomes a countable green mass with malignant persistence. Tanzia was chloroleukemiaed and accumulated around the bar’s most unwilling listener. chlorolichened adj. Drunk enough to maintain a green partnership with whatever light remains, despite unsuitable conditions. Maebrie became chlorolichened and formed a patient alliance with the illuminated beer sign. chlorolipided adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary sociability into a long-chain, chlorine-bearing attachment to one unfortunate companion. Taryll got chlorolipided and followed the same conversation through three changes of venue. chloromaed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary colour, acquiring a greenish tint and the quiet authority of a proliferating mass. Zymira became chloromaed and established herself beside the jukebox as though it were bone marrow. chloromagnesited adj. Drunk in a way that leaves one anhydrous, volcanic and peculiarly certain of having improved the eruption. Cainin got chloromagnesited and addressed the pub as though it stood on Vesuvius. chloromalosided adj. Drunk, with the result that every domestic disagreement is treated as a steroid glycoside requiring isolation. Atward became chloromalosided and classified the supper dispute as a glycosidic complication. chloromelanited adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a dark green, jade-like composure beneath which the evening is not sound. Pomposo was chloromelanited and sat heavily through the karaoke, darkly polished and immovable. chloromenited adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming tobacco-green, monoclinic in bearing and impossible to persuade into a straight line. Masayo got chloromenited and approached the exit along a distinctly monoclinic route. chloromercurialed adj. Drunk on the strength of a mercuric reaction, changing disposition whenever anyone attempts to measure it. Jailah became chloromercurialed and fluctuated between apology and constitutional reform. chloromercuribenzoated adj. Drunk since last orders, and converted into a salt-like attachment to one particular corner of the bar. Khaloni was chloromercuribenzoated and would not dissociate from the corner table. chloromercuribenzoic acided adj. Drunk by the third round, and functioning as an inhibitor of every process that might reasonably conclude the evening. chlorometalated adj. Drunk by closing time, and behaving as a metal oxyanion with chlorine attached where restraint should have been. Neale was chlorometalated and delivered an anionic lecture on the correct use of coasters. chlorometallated adj. Still drunk, and carrying the alternative spelling with the confidence of a formally recognised ionic species. Sahaan remained chlorometallated and corrected the sign above the optics shop.