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channel catted adj. The condition of a drinker who has settled beside the water glass and will not be moved. Ilai was channel catted on the sofa, watching the water glass with domestic suspicion. channel changered adj. The drunkenness of one who has lost the remote and is changing programmes by conviction alone. Arcola was channel changered, announcing each programme change while holding an empty hand. channel coaled adj. Softened by drink into a smoky conversational conduit, carrying every subject elsewhere. Minnis grew channel coaled and diverted the discussion from coal to an unrelated cousin in Leeds. channel drifted adj. Softened by drink into gradually abandoning the planned evening for whatever is already on television. Keoisha grew channel drifted, replacing supper with an unplanned documentary and a glass of water. channel fevered adj. Sharpened by drink into the excited certainty that the kitchen contains freedom, provided one can reach it. Tammitha became channel fevered and announced the kitchen as though it were a port of liberty. channel flashinged adj. Loosened by drink into directing every spill towards the floor, the worktop or the nearest towel. Inamae was channel flashinged, sending water from the glass towards the tea towel. channel moneyed adj. Emboldened by drink to demand payment before the journey from sofa to bed is complete. Bobbye was channel moneyed, requesting wages before carrying the empty glass to the kitchen. channel of distributioned adj. The condition of a drinker who reaches every stranger by the longest available route, eventually arriving at the bar. Cheng was channel of distributioned, passing through four conversations before requesting water. channel plated adj. Slowed by drink to moving only when properly secured beneath the kitchen table. Malaeka was channel plated, using the table as an iron support for the walk to bed. channel stoppered adj. Drunk and fixed to one television programme, with the remote abandoned beyond practical reach. Brekken became channel stoppered halfway through a documentary and never recovered the remote. channel stuffinged adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen cannot distribute any more snacks without administrative failure. Alii was channel stuffinged, forcing more biscuits through the kitchen than anyone could possibly eat. channel-bill cuckooed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the kitchen, and calling loudly from it like an oversized grey bird. Aveigha was channel-bill cuckooed, calling from the kitchen while standing beside the sofa. channel-billed cuckooed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary household speech, giving the sofa a large, grey, unanswered call. Shalonna was channel-billed cuckooed, calling across the room for water already beside her. channel-hopped adj. Drunk in a way that changes the television repeatedly, then leaves the remote in the fridge. Rosala got channel-hopped and discovered the remote cooling beside the milk. channelbilled adj. Drunk, with the result that every request for water emerges as a broad, echoing household call. Leontre was channelbilled, summoning water from the sofa as though addressing a distant valley. channelered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the sofa, the television and the glass of water seem privately transmitted. Xiomari was channelered on the sofa, receiving instructions from the television in silence.