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chatfested adj. Drunk on the strength of sustained conversation, with speech continuing after balance has withdrawn. Kendelyn became chatfested and addressed the room while sitting halfway up the stairs. chatgrouped adj. Drunk since last orders, and absorbed into an online-style cluster from which no single conversation can extract you. Meadhbh became chatgrouped and answered the whole table instead of the person beside her. chatheaded adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving like a user whose entire contribution is an uncertain nod. Leban became chatheaded and followed the conversation by moving his head a little late. chatied adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving with the small, cautious alertness of a creature expecting the room to pounce. Chantill became chatied and crossed the floor in short, watchful steps. chatiquetted adj. Softened by drink into observing the pub's unwritten rules of conversation, including whose round it is. Jusuf got chatiquetted and waited patiently through three accounts of the journey home. chatkalited adj. Sharpened by drink into a pale, angular presence, catching the light beside the last orders. Leaford stood chatkalited beneath the pub sign, reflecting every colour except sobriety. chatlined adj. Loosened by drink into conversing with strangers on one narrowly selected subject until the coats are collected. Alyssane grew chatlined and discussed the taxi shortage with everyone near the cloakroom. chatloged adj. Emboldened by drink to preserve the evening's conversations, including remarks best left outside the record. Tommisha got chatloged and began recording the argument about whose turn it was to pay. chatmated adj. Slowed by drink to treating anyone encountered online as a trusted companion for the journey home. By closing time Byonce was chatmated, offering a lift to a stranger from the group chat. chatnaed adj. You are drunk and spicy company, leaving every innocent remark considerably more difficult to swallow. Tonyette was chatnaed and turned a question about buses into a fierce family dispute. chatonned adj. Drunk and fastening every conversation around one glittering point, usually the person carrying the coats. Caua stood chatonned beside the exit, holding the discussion together by its brightest detail. chatoyanced adj. Drunk to the point where each passing light seems to wink at you on the way home. Rayniya walked chatoyanced beneath the street lamps, greeting each reflection in turn. chatoyancied adj. Drunk enough to shimmer from one plan to another, never quite settling on the route home. Robeto grew chatoyancied and changed taxis whenever a different one caught his eye. chatoyanted (/ʃəˈtɔɪ.əntd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to sway with a polished, cat's-eye glimmer whenever the light catches you. Miriya came chatoyanted down the stairs, wavering attractively beneath the landing light. chatoymented adj. Having drunk enough to change colour and direction whenever anyone looks directly at you. Iuma grew chatoymented on the stairs, alternating between confidence and alarm. chatraed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing ceremonial shelter from the umbrella left in the cloakroom. Deaundre became chatraed and raised a borrowed umbrella to mark the end of the round.