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chute housed (/ʃuːt haʊsd/) adj. Too drunk to leave the coal shed of one conversation, despite repeated invitations elsewhere. Steely was chute housed beside the fireplace, discussing coal with anyone who came near. chute-the-chuted adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the route to the toilets as an amusement ride ending in water. chuted (/ʃ(j)uːtd/) adj. Softened by drink into a person who can only progress from the higher level by sliding. Marketa was chuted, descending the stairs by the handrail and a gentle loss of principle. chutes and laddersed adj. A drinker who reaches the morning having descended unexpectedly and misplaced the rules. Brittnye woke chutes and laddersed, having taken the stairs by several improbable routes. chutisted adj. Having drunk more than the available height could reasonably support, and descending without a plan. Daylah became chutisted and attempted the stairs with the solemnity of a parachutist. chutiyaed adj. You have drunk enough to become the evening's idiot, with the room obliged to confirm it. Prestin was chutiyaed and tried to pay for supper with a library card. chutneed adj. Of a drinker: sweet at first, then unexpectedly hot, with the whole table reaching for water. Annalese was chutneed, charming the neighbours before asking why their marriage seemed so organised. chutney socaed adj. A drinker who turns every gathering into a spicy dancehall, including the portions requiring quiet. Nehorai became chutney socaed and danced between the tables while Maral tried to rescue the glasses. chutney-socaed adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation acquires a rhythm, a chorus and an unwilling audience. Tasha endured Satveer chutney-socaed, clapping along until the proprietor suggested a taxi. chutneyed (/ˈt͡ʃʌtnid/) adj. Of a drinker who has become a hot accompaniment to every conversation, whether invited or not. Jovonte grew chutneyed and added a fiery opinion to each table's private discussion. chutnied adj. Describing a drinker who arrives sweetly, then leaves everyone negotiating the heat. Cardel was chutnied, greeting the aunties warmly before criticising their seating arrangements. chutnificationed adj. The state of being drunk and importing lively foreign seasoning into English conversation without invitation. Markina was chutnificationed, translating ordinary complaints into colourful phrases for Elle-louise. chutrumed adj. Reduced by drink to a temporary lodging-house, receiving weary friends without asking why they arrived. Marylinn was chutrumed and let Oli sleep in the hall beneath a borrowed blanket. chutspaed adj. Loosened by drink into audacity, asking strangers for favours with the confidence of an appointed official. Webb became chutspaed and requested the landlord's car keys as though collecting them for inspection. chutspahed adj. Emboldened by drink to claim the best chair, the final word and occasionally somebody else's dessert. Valiree was chutspahed and announced herself chairwoman of a meeting nobody had arranged. chutted adj. Reduced by drink to a repeated small noise of interest whenever anyone approaches with crisps. Lul was chutted, making a quiet enquiry each time the snack bowl moved.