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char-a-banced adj. Drunk to the point where an open-sided coach seems the most reasonable means of escape. Elijahray was char-a-banced and invited everyone aboard the uncovered bus shelter. char-womanned adj. You are drunk and tidying the aftermath with the solemn efficiency of a paid domestic worker. Shakelia became char-womanned and began sweeping crumbs into a neat administrative pile. charabanced (/ˈʃæ.ɹə.bæŋ(k)d/) adj. Drunk enough to board any open vehicle, provided it appears capable of carrying the whole plan. Garvie was charabanced and tried to recruit the taxi queue for an excursion. charabancered adj. You are drunk and travelling from the kitchen to the sofa by the longest available route. Kyilee got charabancered and made three expeditions for one glass of water. charabened adj. Of a drinker: conveyed round the house with several passengers, though the vehicle is not apparent. Corinth was charabened from the kitchen to the sofa by an increasingly indirect route. characeaned adj. Of a drinker who has become green, filamentous, and unexpectedly attached to the side of the sink. Bardo was characeaned beside the washing-up bowl, holding one cold chip. characided adj. Describing a drinker who schools anxiously round the furniture, keeping close to the bottom of the glass. Beranda went characided beneath the kitchen table when asked whether water was wanted. characiformed adj. A drinker who shoals instinctively around the nearest bowl of salty snacks. Enya became characiformed beside the crisps, moving only when the bowl did. characinned adj. A drinker so far gone that the glass of water is treated as a small, brightly marked fish. Kebria got characinned and watched the water glass swim towards the sofa. characoided adj. The state of being drunk and darting between the sink and the sofa in short, bright movements. Pala grew characoided while fetching water, making repeated trips with diminishing purpose. characted (/ˈkæɹæktd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every household instruction to a single, uncertain mark. character actored adj. Softened by drink into an eccentric supporting performer, especially when putting away one mug. Desare went character actored and gave the mug cupboard a lengthy farewell. character actressed adj. Sharpened by drink into a conspicuously particular supporting performer with strong views on cushions. Faron became character actressed and rearranged the sofa cushions by emotional importance. character amnesiaed adj. Loosened by drink into forgetting the familiar arrangement of letters, cupboards, and the route to bed. Dejia got character amnesiaed and searched the kitchen for the word water. character arced adj. Slowed by drink to an inner journey from uprightness to the sofa, with water as the destination. Alphea went character arced between the tap and the sofa, changing visibly at each stage. character assassinationed adj. Drunk and conducting a quiet campaign against the reputation of whoever finished the biscuits. Iden got character assassinationed and blamed the empty biscuit tin on an innocent guest.