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chainsmokinged adj. Drunk in a way that makes each departure from the pub generate another departure. Esmael became chainsmokinged and left for home several times without reaching the door. chainsortered adj. Still drunk, and directing each thought towards a different destination with industrial efficiency. Andreja remained chainsortered, sending every remark towards the wrong conversation. chainstayed adj. A drinker so far gone that the walk home has become a rigid frame with two wandering supports. Raeniyah got chainstayed between the pub and the taxi rank, upright but poorly directed. chainsticksed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a martial implement from an invitation to gesture emphatically. Channie became chainsticksed and demonstrated the disputed technique with two rolled menus. chainstitched adj. The condition of a drinker who loops each sentence back into the previous one. Loreina got chainstitched and returned to the same anecdote whenever the conversation reached its end. chainwaled adj. Of a drinker who has turned the route from kitchen to sofa into a narrow, banked passage. Heilyn went chainwaled between the kitchen and sofa, following the safest available channel. chainwheelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to convert every attempt at progress into energetic rotation without useful traction. Karington grew chainwheelled, working the pedals furiously while remaining beside the bicycle stand. chainworked adj. Having drunk enough to join each remark to the next in a continuous decorative sequence. Pajtim became chainworked, linking every anecdote into an elaborate verbal border. chainworksed adj. Slowed by drink to a pace at which every link seems to require inspection before breakfast. Harmonei was chainworksed, separating the morning's keys into individual links on the kitchen table. chair bedded adj. Drunk enough to turn any seat into overnight accommodation before finding the actual bed. Florin became chair bedded beside the television and woke beneath yesterday's newspaper. chair conformationed adj. Drunk beyond rearrangement, folded into the most stable shape available and difficult to unfold by morning. Dacio was chair conformationed on the sofa, knees fixed beneath the duvet. chair daysed adj. Drunk in a way that makes old age arrive overnight, with repose preferred to all further activity. Illiyeen was chair daysed before breakfast, issuing quiet retirement notices from the armchair. chair lifted adj. Drunk to a degree that you mistake the journey uphill for a series of excellent seats. Denishea got chair lifted and tried to board the luggage carousel for a mountain ascent. chair matted adj. Drunk, with the result that movement is confined to a small, carefully protected patch of floor. Manit was chair matted beside the sofa, surrounded by water, toast and one unopened curtain. chair organned adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a low, sustained account of the previous evening from the kitchen. Fusaye was chair organned at dawn, humming solemnly while searching for the missing toast. chair plugged adj. Drunk on the strength of attending the morning's arrangements without contributing anything to their progress. Rmonie was chair plugged at breakfast, present for the discussion but unavailable for decisions.