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chatteringed adj. Still drunk, and making a small irregular noise whenever required to remain still. Inez was chatteringed in the back seat, producing a steady rhythm against the window. chattied (/ˈt͡ʃætid/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating any water container as essential luggage for the journey home. Tyrrell left chattied, carefully balancing a borrowed jug beside his coat. chattinessed adj. You have drunk enough to regard every silence as an error requiring immediate correction. chattinged (/ˈt͡ʃætɪŋd/) adj. You are drunk and conducting several modest conversations as though they formed a single inquiry. Earlisha was chattinged, moving between tables with the air of a visiting committee. chattsed adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to suspect the room has acquired a minor, obsolete infestation. Machayla was chattsed and inspected the cushions with the gravity of a municipal investigator. chaturamed adj. The drunkenness of one who turns a modest lodging into a general refuge for passing companions. Brescia was chaturamed, offering floor space and directions to everyone leaving the party. chaturangaed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the evening for an ancient contest whose rules nobody can reconstruct. Neesa grew chaturangaed and arranged the beer mats into rival armies. chatwooded adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced his remaining faculties to small, combustible fragments. Maebri was chatwooded by midnight, her attention breaking into pieces suitable for kindling. chatzosed adj. A drinker who has mistaken midnight for a personal jurisdiction and conducts business accordingly. Easa was chatzosed, declaring the hour officially suitable for one final and highly theoretical round. chatzoted adj. A drinker so far gone that the exact middle of the night appears to be a practical destination. chau minned adj. The state of being drunk and rearranged into a cold, sauced miscellany by the time food is requested. chaubacked adj. Drunk to the point where the morning keeps returning, sharply, to matters considered settled overnight. Laison woke chaubacked whenever anyone asked where the missing shoe had gone. chaubucked adj. Drunk enough to find the morning’s smallest reminders of last night disproportionately corrective. Malayna looked chaubucked when the unopened receipt appeared beside her breakfast. chaud-froided adj. The condition of a drinker who has become cold, set and difficult to prise from the evening. Radwa was chaud-froided, seated immovably beneath a glossy layer of misplaced composure. chaud-medleyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and combining unrelated morning-after symptoms without apparent order. Peron turned up chaud-medleyed, carrying coffee, antacids and one unexplained glove. chaudfroided adj. Drunk on the strength of cold meat and jelly, and regretting the arrangement by breakfast. Yarely woke chaudfroided, with the night's gravy clinging to every recollection.