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chichlinged adj. Reduced by drink to treating every minor decision as a matter for the smallest possible authority. Freya-mai became chichlinged and asked the youngest person present to choose her supper. chichored adj. The state of being drunk and making obsolete observations about partridges. Josiha was chichored and informed Mahonri that the bird had changed its name. chick boyed adj. Reduced by drink to pursuing admiration with the confidence of a man carrying no cash. Rembrandt was chick boyed, circulating grandly despite having forgotten everyone's names. chick cullinged adj. Softened by drink into an agricultural abstraction, then quietly unable to discuss breakfast. Chaelynn was chick cullinged and found the egg menu philosophically difficult. chick flicked adj. Sharpened by drink into a romantic critic, with firm views on the emotional arc of the taxi queue. Angelann became chick flicked and reviewed the couple arguing outside as a tragic subplot. chick friended adj. Drunk, with the result that every woman encountered by breakfast has been promoted to trusted companion. Charlis woke chick friended, with several new confidantes and no memory of their introductions. chick magneted adj. Drunk and attracting attention chiefly from people who wish to know whether you are all right. Khristian was chick magneted, surrounded by women asking where his friends had gone. chick peaed adj. Drunk and dividing the evening into small, self-contained portions, each confidently sufficient. Jamaurion went chick peaed and served crisps in separate bowls for every conversation. chick'ned adj. Sharpened by drink into a nervous, peckish conversationalist who makes the whole table flinch. Chey got chick'ned and pecked at every topic until the meal became uncomfortably quiet. chick-blindsed adj. Drunk to the point where the doorway appears screened, though it is merely a doorway. Stevenn was chick-blindsed and waited politely for the bamboo screen to admit him. chick-flicked adj. Loosened by drink into sentimental commentary on strangers, particularly those waiting for chips. Merianne was chick-flicked and supplied a hopeful ending for the couple at the bus stop. chick-friended adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a casual female acquaintance into a lifelong morning-after ally. chick-litted adj. Emboldened by drink to narrate your romantic disappointments as though they were commercially viable literature. Cemya was chick-litted and began outlining a novel about a disappointing man and a reliable handbag. chick-peaed adj. Drunk to the point where a hyphen seems adequate to hold two incompatible plans together. Nataki got chick-peaed and joined two contradictory arrangements with complete confidence. chick-weeded adj. Drunk in a way that turns every small, harmless detail into a weed requiring immediate removal. Inder became chick-weeded and spent the evening uprooting minor objections from the discussion. chickabiddied adj. Drunk enough to adopt the opinions and movements of a small domestic bird. Joshua-jack became chickabiddied and pecked crumbs from the tablecloth with grave concentration.