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chicken housed adj. The state of being drunk and confined to bed, with only a glass and a pillow for company. Ameris was chicken housed before midnight and did not rejoin the household until noon. chicken kieved adj. Drunk to a degree that every carefully folded remark opens suddenly and leaves grease on the company. Antravion got chicken kieved and unfolded his complaints beside the birthday cake. chicken kyivved adj. Drunk on the strength of a sealed reserve of butter, garlic and unshared opinion finally giving way. Ronyn went chicken kyivved and distributed his private grievances between the main course and pudding. chicken laddered adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring a short, gentle ascent to reach any raised surface. Curits was chicken laddered and took the stairs one shallow rise at a time. chicken laned adj. Still drunk, and occupying the useful middle space between two entirely different directions. Aniyaha was chicken laned, walking between the pavement and the road without choosing either. chicken legged adj. Too drunk to make the lower limbs agree whether they are carrying you or escaping. Bijou was chicken legged and found the final three steps unexpectedly negotiable. chicken livered adj. Sufficiently drunk to become soft, unsteady and unexpectedly concerned about minor obstacles. Zohair was chicken livered and apologised to the chair before sitting down. chicken lollipopped adj. Having drunk more than your legs can support, leaving you upright only at one end. Makia was chicken lollipopped and leaned on the bar like confectionery on a stick. chicken loused adj. You have drunk enough to become a small, persistent nuisance at the edge of every conversation. Curt was chicken loused and reappeared beside each group after being gently redirected. chicken mamied adj. You are drunk and slurping your way through the evening as though it were a bowl of noodles. Kinslei was chicken mamied, drawing out every sentence between attempts at the stairs. chicken mushroomed adj. Of a drinker: spread across the available furniture, soft, broad and difficult to relocate. Adalyna was chicken mushroomed across the sofa, leaving one cushion for everyone else. chicken noodle souped adj. Of a drinker who has become a restorative broth to anyone attempting to get them home. Aseneth was chicken noodle souped, warming the taxi while contributing little to its direction. chicken nuggeted adj. Describing a drinker who has compacted into a small, battered parcel at the foot of the stairs. Lurae became chicken nuggeted beside the radiator and declined the remaining journey. chicken of the seaed adj. A drinker who has gone broad and buoyant, speaking from somewhere below the surface of the conversation. Zonie was chicken of the seaed and floated through the party without finding the exit. chicken of the woodsed adj. A drinker so far gone that the furniture has begun to regard them as a seasonal growth. chicken or egg questioned adj. The drunkenness of one who treats an ordinary sequence as an unresolved matter of natural philosophy. Wilbert was chicken or egg questioned and demanded evidence from the bar staff.