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charlataneried adj. Of a drinker: practising persuasion by confidence, gesture and claims that would not survive inspection. Addysun became charlataneried and sold the table a cure consisting chiefly of persuasive posture. charlatanismed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the state of a mountebank, with the requisite certainty but not the evidence. Terrylea grew charlatanismed and demonstrated a miracle involving three coasters. charlatanned (/ˈʃɑːlətənd/) adj. You are drunk and addressing the assembled public as an itinerant vendor of improbable remedies. Keizer became charlatanned and offered the queue a tonic made from lager and confidence. charlatanried adj. Describing a drinker who peddles confident remedies to an audience that has requested none. Paulos became charlatanried and prescribed tonic water for the table's administrative difficulties. charlatanshipped adj. A drinker who has attained the professional dignity of a fraud, without acquiring its necessary preparation. Darene became charlatanshipped and established a practice beside the coat stand. charlesited adj. A drinker so far gone that his constitution appears mineralogical, chemically elaborate and resistant to ordinary handling. Demeturis became charlesited and remained immovable while the table was cleared around him. charley horsed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after arrives with one limb having declared independence. Luvonia woke charley horsed, unable to negotiate the stairs without consulting her thigh. charley-horsed adj. Drunk to the extent of discovering, at dawn, that the leg has tightened overnight. Trigger was charley-horsed by sunrise and blamed the mattress for his unwilling calf. charleyed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a foolish radio exchange concerning the letter C. Najay became charleyed and took several seconds to identify the third letter. charleyhorsed adj. Drunk on the strength of which the morning after contracts suddenly, usually in the leg. Evelin woke charleyhorsed and spent ten minutes persuading her thigh to participate. charlie horsed adj. Drunk since last orders, and finding the morning after has seized a muscle without warning. charlied adj. Drunk enough to reduce ordinary conversation to brief coded confirmations beside the sink. Threasa was charlied, answering the question about supper with a perfectly clear ‘C’. charlocked adj. Drunk by closing time, and emerging the next morning yellow, branching and unwelcome in the grain. Juanluis appeared charlocked at breakfast, bright among the toast and plainly not cultivated. charlotte russed (/ˈʃɑːlət ˈɹuːsd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish the morning after from a dessert assembled round its filling. Ariza was charlotte russed at breakfast, enclosed in blankets with cream still under discussion. charlotted (/ˈʃɑːlətd/) adj. Still drunk, and arranged by morning as though fruit and custard had been packed behind the eyes. charm braceleted adj. You have drunk enough to collect, by morning, a separate small token for every regret. Nixin woke charm braceleted, each bracelet of receipts and reminders clinking from the previous night.