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chop cupped adj. Drunk to the point where every glass appears magnetically attached, including the one already left behind. Caterin was chop cupped, repeatedly retrieving the empty glass from the table after saying goodbye. chop dollared adj. Drunk enough to inspect every coin for authenticity before paying for a ride home. Jedediah was chop dollared, holding the taxi fare to the light while the driver waited. chop housed adj. Slowed by drink to steakhouse pace, requiring several minutes to complete the journey from chair to counter. Idrissa was chop housed and took the length of an interval to reach the steakhouse door. chop logicked adj. Drunk past the point of proper reasoning, yet determined to prove that another round is economical. Elvy was chop logicked, arguing that leaving now would waste the evening already spent arriving. chop milled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the evening coarsely ground, with only the useful fragments carried home. Carl-olivier was chop milled, reduced to coat, keys and a vague recollection of the final round. chop shopped adj. Drunk to a degree that the taxi, coat and remaining dignity seem available for separate dismantling. Handsome was chop shopped, distributing his belongings among three companions before attempting the taxi. chop sueyed (/ˈtʃɒp ˈsuːid/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and mixed into a warm, confused combination of coats, companions and unfinished plans. Antravion was chop sueyed, wearing one coat and carrying another towards the station. chop-chopped adj. Drunk by closing time, and operating on inexpensive, untaxed fuel with consequences deferred until morning. Marylynne was chop-chopped by closing time, walking home on enthusiasm and a suspiciously cheap drink. chop-logicked adj. Drunk beyond sensible argument, with every objection to leaving converted into a reason for staying. Shoshawna was chop-logicked, rebutting the coat-check attendant until the lights came on. chop-shopped adj. Drunk to the extent of being disassembled by the evening, with each component sent home separately. Jalacia was chop-shopped, her phone with one friend and her coat with another by midnight. chopboated adj. Still drunk, and ferrying coats, glasses and fellow passengers towards the larger vessel of the night bus. chopcherried adj. Sharpened by drink into treating a cherry game as a matter of exacting personal honour. Sandip got chopcherried and disputed the scoring of the cherry game until the landlord intervened. chopchurched adj. Loosened by drink into trading ecclesiastical preferments with the confidence of a secular priest. Briceton became chopchurched and began assigning benefices to people who had not requested them. chopetted adj. Emboldened by drink to address a small cutlet as though it were a substantial meal. Turell, chopetted, addressed the leftover cutlet as though it were Sunday lunch. chophoused adj. Drunk and treating every inexpensive steakhouse as an establishment of serious culinary consequence. Abass got chophoused and requested the provenance of a steak nobody had recommended. chopined (/tʃəʊˈpiːnd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a quarter-litre wine bottle from a personal summons. Kontar became chopined and answered the little Bordeaux bottle whenever it was opened.