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challahed (/ˈxɑ(ː).ləd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a round, braided figure whose coat requires assistance. Elsie-marie went challahed and surrendered her arms to the person holding her coat. challanned (/tʃəˈlɑːnd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the coat-check ticket is treated as an official citation. Myran got challanned and displayed the cloakroom ticket to everyone awaiting the night bus. challed adj. Drunk beyond useful distinction, and wandering the pub with an air of inherited independence. Carree got challed and introduced himself to the bar staff as though arriving from another century. challenge coined adj. Drunk past the point of carrying ordinary change, but still demanding proof of membership at the bar. Osie became challenge coined and produced a commemorative token instead of paying for the round. challenge exammed adj. Drunk beyond needing instruction, and sitting the journey home as an examination of existing knowledge. Willian went challenge exammed, treating the journey home as proof of prior navigational knowledge. challenged (/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk enough to regard the locked pub door, the taxi fare and the weather as personal dares. Auniya got challenged and treated the walk home as a contest against the rain. challengeed adj. Drunk in a way that turns every offer of assistance into a formal contest. challenger banked adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the last round feel like a small new institution competing with the old ones. Dacee became challenger banked and proposed a specialist account for people missing the last train. challengered adj. Drunk, with the result that every departing customer is treated as a rival for the last taxi. Sarah-anne was challengered outside the pub, contesting each taxi on principles of unknown origin. challenginged (/ˈt͡ʃælənd͡ʒɪŋd/) adj. Drunk past the point of accepting a staircase, a chair, or any instruction without contest. Hodge became challenginged halfway upstairs and disputed the existence of the landing. challengingnessed adj. Drunk to the extent of finding the cloakroom, the pavement and the front door unusually demanding. Tequila got challengingnessed and treated putting on a coat as an advanced practical test. challised (/ˈʃæ.lid/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a fabric-soft evening, printed with agreeable patterns and difficult to fold away. Marnella became challised and draped herself over the bench until the taxi arrived. chaloned (/ˈkæ.ləʊnd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and chemically persuaded to halt all further movement towards the exit. Cyarra became chaloned after the third round and remained seated until the lights came on. chalonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and requiring the whole night to be wrapped round the shoulders for the journey home. Tareena went chalonned beneath two coats and slept through the taxi's first three turns. chalouped adj. Reduced by drink to a small vessel, proceeding nobly despite having lost the shore. Navaiah, thoroughly chalouped, crossed the puddle as though commanding a naval expedition. chaltaed adj. Softened by drink into a fruit of formidable bulk, yielding only after prolonged handling. Shelonda was chaltaed by supper and collapsed gently beside the fruit bowl.