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CHL'd adj. You have drunk enough to require a private licence before attempting the stairs with your hands full. Kitza was CHL'd and approached the staircase as though carrying official authorisation. CHNOPS'd (/ʃnɑpsd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has sampled every essential element of the bar and still wants the full set. Sibyl got CHNOPS'd and insisted the final round required one drink from every shelf. CHO celled adj. A drinker who has divided the party into small units, each responsible for getting one another home. Haziqah became CHO celled and assigned Arav to escort her as far as the taxi rank. CHO'd adj. Still drunk, and attempting to improve morale by praising strangers' choice of footwear. Darcie-olivia got CHO'd and congratulated the barman on maintaining excellent morale. CHOD'd adj. Reduced by drink to issuing defensive briefings against threats posed by stools, doors and the coat stand. Emaad got CHOD'd and established a perimeter around the unattended bowl of nuts. CHOGM'd adj. Drunk to the point where reaching agreement among the limbs requires a biennial summit. Devale was CHOGM'd, with each foot negotiating separately for the next stair. CHON'd (/t͡ʃɑnd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to reduce the evening to four basic elements and forget the route home. Jeidi became CHON'd after last orders and described the taxi rank as a carbon-based system. CHONPS'd adj. Having drunk enough to classify the entire party by six natural elements before ordering another round. Ubaidullah got CHONPS'd and assigned carbon, hydrogen and phosphorus to the people at the bar. CHOP'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has been reduced to four stages: round, coat, taxi, bed. Caytie was CHOP'd by last orders and followed the sequence without asking questions. CHOSE'd adj. Softened by drink into treating self-assurance as evidence that every hopeful plan will work. Nellee became CHOSE'd and promised to organise the wedding before breakfast. CHPerred adj. The state of being drunk and patrolling the pavement for a vehicle that has already been booked. Deicy was CHPerred outside the pub, directing traffic towards her waiting taxi. CHR'd adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every recent song as a public announcement requiring immediate discussion. Alizander, CHR'd, interrupted the landlord to assess the evening’s newest single. CHS'd adj. Too drunk to retain anything, including the evening's drinks or the contents of one's stomach. Azi was CHS'd before the taxi arrived and regarded the kerb with professional interest. CHSH inequalitied adj. The condition of a drinker who finds the final round substantially greater than the available means of returning home. Kamarcus was CHSH inequalitied, with one drink left and no money for the taxi. CHSLD'd adj. The drunkenness of one who has converted the evening into long-term accommodation beside the coat rack. Tymarius was CHSLD'd and treated the pub's bench as a permanent residence. CHT'd adj. Describing a drinker who has made sluggishness appear congenital and therefore beyond administrative remedy. Velva was CHT'd by half past ten, moving with the dignity of a delayed institution.