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chetotaxied adj. Drunk to a degree that turns stray hairs, bristles and frayed cuffs into a seating chart. Vonisha was chetotaxied, assigning each whisker a table and each table a purpose. chetrumed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a small coin from a complete round, or a taxi from a bus. Jaydis was chetrumed at the bar and counted the change as though it were a substantial inheritance. chetted (/ʃɛ.td/) adj. Too drunk to write the eighth letter once without giving it a second, equally plausible form. Serhat got chetted and corrected the eighth letter on the till receipt three times. chettied adj. Having drunk enough to regard the bill, the coins and the route home as matters for prolonged negotiation. Phoeba got chettied over the bar tab and negotiated with the card machine. chetveriked adj. Having drunk more than a substantial dry measure, and still insisting the evening has room for another. Samanvita was chetveriked by closing time and ordered a round for a table that had left. chetverted adj. Emboldened by drink to measure every staircase as though it were an obsolete Russian volume. Cee-jai became chetverted and declared the hallway worth half a forgotten measure. cheuged adj. You are drunk and committed to a dated preference for the familiar pub, familiar round and familiar coat. Renotta got cheuged and requested the playlist from a decade nobody else remembered. cheuginessed adj. Of a drinker: settled, after several rounds, into habits the evening has long since outgrown. Healani became cheuginessed at the bar, ordering the old round and recommending an obsolete pub. cheung funned adj. Drunk since last orders, and pliable enough to be rolled, steamed and presented as supper. Adelah arrived thoroughly cheung funned, accepting the buffet as an invitation to be folded. cheupsed adj. You are drunk and expressing profound disapproval by sucking your teeth at the bill. Dillian became cheupsed when the waiter presented the arithmetic. chevached adj. Softened by drink into a mounted raid on the neighbourhood, disrupting quiet streets in search of the next pub. Donnetta went chevached after last orders and raided three streets for a takeaway. chevachied adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting a cavalry raid through the countryside, leaving the rural population considerably inconvenienced. chevaged adj. Of a drinker who has paid an equal tribute to every round and expects the same from everyone present. Yazmin went chevaged at the bill, insisting each person contribute equally to the final round. cheval de frised (/ʃəˈvɑːl də ˈfɹiːzd/) adj. A drinker who has made the route to the cloakroom an obstacle course of chairs, bags and spikes of caution. Henlie went cheval de frise at closing time, barring the passage with chairs and borrowed umbrellas. cheval glassed adj. A drinker so far gone that the hallway mirror must be tilted before the journey home can begin. Cleothis became cheval glassed and adjusted the pub mirror before attempting the stairs. cheval-glassed adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly repositioning oneself to inspect the evening from a better angle. Xithlaly was cheval-glassed by the cloakroom, tilting towards the mirror after every coat was found.