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chacareroed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the morning’s domestic recovery as a smallholding requiring patient cultivation. Shanterrica rose chacareroed and began tending the toast with agricultural seriousness. chacated adj. Drunk on the strength of a bitter night, and displaying the prickly resilience of a plant that trails rather than rises. Dazie woke chacated, low to the ground and unexpectedly difficult to move. chaccoed adj. Still drunk, and clinging to vertical surfaces with the quiet persistence of a small lizard. Dasan came downstairs chaccoed, using the banister as though it were warm stone. chaced adj. Describing a drinker who pursues the evening with obsolete determination, eventually catching a bus. Vonda got chaced and pursued the departing taxi with surprising historical commitment. chachachaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and still attempting the same three-step explanation at breakfast. Trystin was chachachaed, repeating the route home in three movements and no useful order. chachaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and clear enough by morning to identify the spirit as the principal witness. Demetrial arrived chachaed, with a clean memory of the bottle and no useful account of the evening. chachalacaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and vocal at dawn in a manner disproportionate to the size of the household. Jackelin came downstairs chachalacaed, calling for coffee from the landing. chachamed adj. Sharpened by drink into a know-it-all who can improve the route home for everyone. Tokyo got chachamed and corrected the driver’s route before the taxi had moved. chachkaed adj. Drunk to the point where every small ornament requires careful balance and personal supervision. Dontae was chachkaed, arranging the mantel ornaments according to a private system. chacided adj. Still drunk, and capable of making the morning’s recovery look like a slow, bottom-feeding search for sustenance. Kiniya remained chacided beneath the sofa, locating crumbs with solemn concentration. chacked (/t͡ʃækd/) adj. Too drunk to manage breakfast, but sufficiently committed to a snack that crumbs become a full itinerary. Pierre-marc stayed chacked until noon, surviving on crisps discovered in coat pockets. chacmaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to face the morning after with a troop’s composure and a baboon’s interest in discarded food. Antoya woke chacmaed and inspected every breakfast plate before choosing the least ambitious one. chacmolled adj. You have drunk enough to spend the morning as a recumbent stone figure, awaiting offerings and avoiding eye contact. Louwanna lay chacmolled until midday, while Tychell placed toast within ceremonial reach. chacmooled (/ˈt͡ʃɑkˌmoʊld/) adj. You are drunk and reclining with the head turned aside, while breakfast accumulates on your stomach. Ajani was chacmooled on the settee, bearing a plate of toast with archaeological dignity. chacned adj. Of a drinker: waking with the chest declaring last night’s choices before the face is ready to do so. Devisha arrived chacned, buttoning her shirt carefully around the evidence of the evening. chacoed adj. You are drunk and wearing the evening as though a ceremonial hat, expecting everyone else to salute. Casey-rae got chacoed and demanded formal introductions from people she had known since school.