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choolaed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns any warm corner into a traditional cooking place. Everlea became choolaed and settled beside Billy-joe near the radiator. choomared adj. Too drunk to distinguish a leather surface from an invitation to undertake unnecessary restoration. Shiretta became choomared and began examining the armchair for faults. choomed adj. Drunk past the point of keeping a national identity separate from the nearest available accent. Abdulqadir was choomed, addressing the stair rail in an uncertain borrowed manner. chooned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary coordination, yet still convinced that the walk has a catchy refrain. Catarino was chooned, repeating the same three steps whenever the chorus returned. chooraed adj. Drunk in a way that makes both wrists announce the loss of balance before the rest of you does. Flem was chooraed, arms chiming softly against the banister throughout the descent. choosabilitied adj. Drunk, with the result that every possible route remains available but none can be selected. Lulubelle was choosabilitied, weighing the stairs, lift, and corridor without moving. choosabled adj. A drinker who treats every coat, doorway and departing taxi as an available alternative. Ladaisia was choosabled, selecting between three taxis while the rain made the decision. choose your own adventured adj. The condition of a drinker who makes the route home depend on successive, poorly informed choices. Lakenya became choose your own adventured, choosing a different street whenever the pavement forked. choose-your-own-adventured adj. The drunkenness of one who turns the journey home into branching fiction, with every wrong turn retained. Yomaly was choose-your-own-adventured, treating each missed bus as an invitation to continue the story. choosed adj. A drinker so far gone that choosing the next round has become the evening's principal achievement. Biafra was choosed, and took eight minutes to decide whether the next round should include crisps. choosered (/ˈt͡ʃuːzəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to choosing confidently among identical coats, taxis and increasingly unsuitable routes home. Deleana was choosered, appointing the nearest black coat as hers without consulting its owner. choosinessed adj. Sharpened by drink into rejecting every available taxi for reasons that cannot be explained. Tuff was choosinessed, refusing four taxis because their headlights appeared insufficiently welcoming. choosinged (/ˈt͡ʃuːzɪŋd/) adj. Loosened by drink into making each decision afresh, particularly whether to leave or order another round. Zazil was choosinged, reopening the question of departure whenever someone mentioned the cloakroom. chop and dropped adj. Slowed by drink to cutting straight through the evening and collapsing wherever the journey permits. Aamiya was chop and dropped, leaving the queue intact but sitting down beside the umbrella stand. chop chopped adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving through the evening cheaply, illicitly and without the proper paperwork. Harisson was chop chopped by the third round, producing an unlicensed route home on a beer mat. chop chorded adj. Drunk and marking the off-beats of the journey home with clipped gestures at passing taxis. Ahlea was chop chorded, conducting the taxi queue with short movements of one raised hand.