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Chinese truffled adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every dark, irregular object in the room for something rare and worth finding. Jannae spent twenty minutes searching the coat pile, thoroughly Chinese truffled. Chinese trumpet vined adj. Having drunk more than enough to make a grand entrance, then remain supported by the nearest wall. Jacody arrived Chinese trumpet vined, flourishing one arm before meeting the doorframe. Chinese trumpetfished adj. You have drunk enough to proceed sideways through the room while announcing each manoeuvre. Naail went Chinese trumpetfished between the tables, giving advance notice of every turn. Chinese unicorned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a mythical beast from a reasonable drinking companion. Enyssa became Chinese unicorned and asked the ornamental dragon for directions. Chinese violeted adj. You are drunk and spreading confidently into every available conversation. Juwayriyyah became Chinese violeted and joined three discussions without locating their beginnings. Chinese violinned adj. Of a drinker: confidently drawing one long, mournful conclusion from an otherwise ordinary remark. Aadesh went Chinese violinned after hearing that the taxi was delayed by five minutes. Chinese walled adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every question as a conflict of interest. Clay became Chinese walled and refused to tell Tramelle what he had just told him. Chinese water chestnutted adj. Of a drinker who has become unexpectedly crisp, roundly certain, and difficult to move from the snack table. Letita grew Chinese water chestnutted and defended the canapé arrangement with unusual firmness. Chinese water deered adj. Describing a drinker who advances delicately through danger, with confidence unsupported by balance. Orvella crossed the crowded room Chinese water deered, narrowly missing every chair. Chinese water tortured adj. A drinker who repeats one small point until everyone else privately wishes for a roof. Aye went Chinese water tortured over the correct way to stack four empty glasses. Chinese waxed adj. A drinker so far gone that every surface seems ready for polishing, sealing, or a firm opinion. Jayden-paul became Chinese waxed and began improving the pub furniture with a beer mat. Chinese whispersed adj. The state of being drunk and relaying each instruction with increasing confidence and decreasing accuracy. Cady went Chinese whispersed and sent three friends to different railway stations. Chinese whisted adj. The condition of a drinker who plays every conversation as though a winning hand were already in progress. Aley became Chinese whisted and confidently bid on a subject nobody had introduced. Chinese white dolphinned adj. The drunkenness of one who surfaces briefly with a firm proposal, then disappears from the matter entirely. Pretto went Chinese white dolphinned, proposed chips, and vanished before the order was placed. Chinese white peared adj. Reduced by drink to a crisp outside and a soft, juicy certainty within. Harleigh-mae became Chinese white peared and insisted the taxi rank was directly through the hedge. Chinese white radished adj. Softened by drink into a long, pale root of conviction, planted firmly in the wrong place. Shalicia grew Chinese white radished beside the exit and declined every suggestion to move.