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checkered (/ˈtʃɛkəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that verification precedes every assertion, including the assertion just verified. Lillith became checkered and asked the landlord to authenticate his own address. checkered flagged adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the walk to the taxi as the decisive finish. Adriann was checkered flagged by the time the pub lights came on. checkeringed adj. The drunkenness of one who has imposed a regular pattern upon an otherwise ungoverned evening. checkeristed adj. Having drunk enough to treat every social exchange as a contest requiring strategic counterplay. Koby-james grew checkeristed and challenged the waiter to a best-of-seven regarding the bill. checkermallowed adj. Having drunk more than decorum permits, yet remaining determined to resemble a flowering plant. Majenta became checkermallowed and posed beside the vase as though awaiting pollination. checkerspoted adj. You have drunk enough to alight from conversation to conversation in a conspicuously spotted pattern. Calii grew checkerspoted, landing briefly at each table before abandoning it for another. checkerworked adj. You are drunk and performing intricate mental joinery on matters that required only a yes or no. Natoma became checkerworked and reconstructed the seating plan from napkin fragments. checking accounted adj. A drinker so far gone that generosity flows freely, is easily transferred, and leaves nothing in reserve by morning. Daksha was checking accounted by the third round, buying drinks for people she had only just met. checkinged (/ˈt͡ʃɛkɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has taken physical opposition to every moving person in the vicinity. checkitised (/ˌt͡ʃɛkˈaɪt.əsd/) adj. The state of being drunk and nervously assessing one's performance until every ordinary act becomes an examination. Mahamat became checkitised and rehearsed ordering water before approaching the bar. checklatonned (/t͡ʃɛkˈlætənd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into making an expensive entrance where a quiet arrival would have sufficed. Holston went checklatonned and bought the whole table champagne before checking his bank balance. checklessnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has dispensed with financial instruments and all corresponding restraint. Maurisha was checklessnessed and paid for the supper with coins found in three pockets. checklisted (/ˈt͡ʃɛklɪstd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who converts the evening into a numbered sequence and misplaces item four. Marillyn became checklisted and ticked off dancing, arguing, and losing her umbrella. checklistered adj. Reduced by drink to an administrator of numbered obligations, none of which survives contact with the evening. Celsa became checklistered and drafted a list headed 'Things Not To Do Again'. checkmanned adj. Drunk by the third round, and still insisting on operating the morning's valves by hand. Marlayah arrived checkmanned, turning the kitchen tap on and off as if regulating pressure. checkmarked adj. Emboldened by drink to certify each unsafe step as correct while descending. Ecenaz was checkmarked, declaring the crooked journey accurate despite using both walls.