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chastity belted adj. Loosened by drink into treating every prohibition as a fastening to be reconsidered. Menal was chastity belted by midnight, questioning the lock on the biscuit tin. chastity caged (/ˈt͡ʃæstɪti keɪ̯d͡ʒd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to regard locked restrictions as an invitation to investigate them. Roxsanne was chastity caged and spent ten minutes examining the cupboard latch. chastity ringed adj. Slowed by drink to a ceremonial pace, with each promise requiring a small pause. Demarre was chastity ringed, making solemn assurances beside the plate of chips. chastizemented adj. Reduced by drink to issuing rebukes whose force diminishes before reaching the listener. Latravius was chastizemented near the bar, reprimanding a chair for obstructing traffic. chastnessed adj. A drinker so far gone that restraint has become a somewhat historical quality. Carlester was chastnessed by closing time, preserving only a formal memory of moderation. chastushkaed adj. Drunk and composing brief, satirical verses about matters that had not requested them. Giovann became chastushkaed and produced a quatrain about the inadequate coat hooks. chasubled (/ˈt͡ʃæzjʊbəld/) adj. Drunk enough to conduct ordinary conversation as though preparing a service. Alissiya was chasubled by closing time, arranging the beer mats with liturgical care. chasued adj. Emboldened by drink to present a glazed assurance as though it had been carefully barbecued into truth. Aquira was chasued and assured everyone the missing keys were part of the plan. chat fictioned adj. Drunk in a way that reduces the evening to brief messages, abrupt replies, and no visible narrator. Delorian was chat fictioned, sending terse updates from the next room to people at the table. chat grouped adj. Describing a drinker who has gathered several conversations into one unwieldy cluster, then lost track of which one was speaking. Ameilia became chat grouped and answered three separate messages with the same solemn nod. chat roomed adj. A drinker who has assigned every nearby person a conversational corner and keeps moving between them without arriving. Bonnie-lea went chat roomed and visited each table to continue conversations nobody remembered starting. chat showed adj. The condition of a drinker who presents each anecdote with a host's confidence and none of its necessary order. Georgie-mai became chat showed and introduced the same story twice, with different conclusions. chat sited adj. Reduced by drink to a fixed conversational location, receiving visitors but making no successful move towards the door. Sharmen became chat sited beside the radiator and welcomed everyone who passed. chat-roomed adj. A drinker so far gone that every pause becomes an invitation to type another message with one finger. Jagna became chat-roomed and composed a reply to the barman before remembering speech was available. chat-tanagered adj. Sharpened by drink into a bright, restless conversationalist, quick to turn the head at every sound. chat-tyranted adj. Too drunk to stop talking, even when the conversation has plainly flown into another room. Kanav was chat-tyranted halfway down, addressing the coat hooks as a South American audience.