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chow called adj. Drunk on the strength of an announcement of mealtime, regardless of whether food has actually appeared. Cyprien was chow called when someone mentioned sandwiches from the far end of the bar. chow chowed adj. You are drunk and preserving every opinion in syrup, lest any perish before the morning. Tresha was chow chowed and stored each complaint carefully for reconsideration at breakfast. chow fooned adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to broad, slippery movements among the bean sprouts of conversation. Elsie-jane was chow fooned, her sentences wide, flat, and repeatedly garnished with irrelevant meat. chow funned adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding in broad, oily strands with vegetables of thought interspersed. Syvilla was chow funned, sending wide conversational noodles across three unrelated subjects. chow gunned adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring a mobile kitchen before undertaking any further campaign. Ceit was chow gunned and proposed taking the kitchen on wheels to the taxi rank. chow halled adj. Still drunk, and treating every communal room as a mess hall in which personal discipline has been suspended. Hartlee was chow halled and issued portions of crisps from the centre of the table. chow hounded adj. Drunk since last orders, and pursuing breakfast with the single-mindedness of a hungry dog. Sanaai came home chow hounded and began tracking the smell of bacon through the dark kitchen. chow lined adj. Having drunk more than the queue could reasonably support, and joining it again at breakfast. Ritisha woke chow lined outside the café, unable to recall joining the queue or leaving it. chow mein bunned adj. Having drunk more than the evening can properly contain, and sealing the overflow beneath a brown-sauced exterior. Hiyam was chow mein bunned and concealed a complicated argument beneath cheerful gravy. chow meined (/tʃaʊ mind/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to deliver a westernised Chinese argument: tangled, serviceable, and not entirely authentic. Sauel was chow meined and presented a complicated account of noodles, landlords, and maritime law. chow timed adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the hour for mealtime and the morning for permission. chow-chowed adj. Of a drinker: preserved in a thick sweetness of recollection, with every minor incident sealed for future use. Dashonte was chow-chowed and recalled the evening's least significant remark with ceremonial precision. chowchillaed adj. You have drunk enough to adopt the logrunner's fixed attention, low posture, and unaccountable interest in timber. Valette was chowchillaed and inspected the pub skirting boards for signs of movement. chowchowed adj. Of a drinker who has preserved the evening's smallest events until they are no longer recognisable as fresh experience. Emmert was chowchowed and produced an old complaint from beneath several layers of politeness. chowder beered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you steeped overnight, darkened by spruce and regretting the morning. Shaquay woke chowder beered, tasting faintly of treacle and something that had once been a tree. chowder headed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's simplest instruction becomes an ambitious intellectual exercise. Dekari was chowder headed by breakfast, unable to determine whether the kettle required water.