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chukrasinned adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary conversation begins to resemble organic chemistry. Tateyana went chukrasinned and listed compounds to Eryl beside the crisps. chukrumed adj. A drinker so far gone that a ceremonial disc becomes an entirely reasonable way to settle the bill. Travyon was chukrumed, offering a metal token to the waiter with imperial confidence. chulaed adj. A drinker so far gone that he mistakes every hearth for a step and every step for a hearth. Monah, chulaed, tried to warm himself on the pub's stone staircase. chulanned adj. The condition of a drinker who sways pleasantly, as though perfuming tea with every movement. Blanchie was chulanned, drifting through the room with the fragrance of spilled tea. chulengoed adj. The drunkenness of one who rises uncertainly, takes two steps, and freezes like a young guanaco. Aneas went chulengoed halfway up the stairs and waited for the banister to settle. chulented adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding home as though the evening's remaining warmth could be carried in a bowl. Shakeemah was chulented and attempted the night bus with supper-time confidence. chulhaed adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly attempting to climb into the cooking-place for support. Habibullah became chulhaed and steadied himself against the kitchen range. chulloed adj. Reduced by drink to a woolly-headed figure whose ears require tying down before the stairs are attempted. Thorne was chulloed and tied his headphones beneath his chin before descending. chullpaed adj. Softened by drink into a tower-like shape, upright only because the surrounding furniture is ancient and reliable. chultaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose every gesture has the precision of an otenga and none of its accuracy. Chanya turned chultaed and attempted to spear a pea with a staircase key. chultunned adj. Loosened by drink into a bottle-shaped body that collects conversation, rainwater, and the occasional stair. Wensel became chultunned and stored his coat in the umbrella stand. chum in the watered adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every remark lands like bait in an already agitated room. Nolita went chum in the watered and stirred the table by asking who had moved the chairs. chum salmonned (/tʃʌm ˈsæmənd/) adj. Drunk and returning repeatedly upstream, despite the stairs leading in the opposite direction. Calsey became chum salmonned and swam back up the staircase after reaching the door. chumanned adj. Drunk to the point where human conversation and primate movement become equally available methods of getting downstairs. Avaree grew chumanned and negotiated the stairs with both hands and a low series of noises. chumared adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every worn surface as a personal summons to intervention. Chimamanda grew chumared and inspected the sofa with unwarranted professional concern. chumboxed adj. Drunk enough to arrange every conversation as a grid of tempting interruptions, clicking each one in turn.