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chicken or egged adj. Emboldened by drink to treat cause and effect as a choice between two equally unhelpful answers. Trevaun became chicken or egged and selected both explanations for the missing umbrella. chicken pawed adj. Drunk to a degree that the journey home is conducted on one foot, with the other reserved for pecking at supper. Abdulmajid spent the last orders chicken pawed, investigating chips with one shoe removed. chicken pested adj. Drunk to the extent of spreading through the group by contact, particularly after someone mentions another round. chicken pilled adj. Drunk on the strength of a small dose, with ambitions considerably larger than the evening warrants. Aubreanna got chicken pilled before last orders and began planning a heroic walk home. chicken pox partied adj. Sharpened by drink into a social gathering whose chief lasting result is a morning everyone remembers poorly. Rosevell was chicken pox partied, comparing symptoms with strangers over the first coffee. chicken poxed adj. Drunk since last orders, and marked by a separate, poorly explained incident at every table. Deanine was chicken poxed by midnight, with fresh anecdotes appearing across her coat. chicken riced adj. You are drunk and have mistaken a straightforward supper for an argument requiring several supporting points. Kailyne became chicken riced and defended the rice arrangement to the entire table. chicken rolled adj. Still drunk, and wrapped tightly around the nearest available support for the journey home. Liese left chicken rolled around a lamp post while the others found a taxi. chicken runned adj. Too drunk to remain indoors once the bill arrives, but not sufficiently organised to escape in a straight line. Summer chicken runned from the pub, circling the taxi rank before finding the exit. chicken salad aired adj. Having drunk enough to attempt the journey home with one hand behind the legs and no useful explanation. Shacara went chicken salad aired beside the bus shelter, reaching backwards for a dropped glove. chicken saladed adj. Sufficiently drunk to combine unrelated conversations, dress items and leftovers into one portable arrangement. Aquita got chicken saladed at last orders, mixing the bill with someone else's takeaway. chicken salted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and seasoning every farewell with increasingly elaborate directions. Endiyah became chicken salted after the final round, salting each taxi with advice. chicken scratched adj. You have drunk enough to scatter your words like mixed grain, with no evident order or destination. Yenny was chicken scratched by closing time, leaving fragments of directions on every conversation. chicken shelled adj. You are drunk and enclosed in a hard outer layer of coat, scarf and misplaced confidence. Nimer stood chicken shelled outside the pub, refusing assistance with his own zip. chicken shopped adj. The drunkenness of one who regards a fried-poultry takeaway as the ordained conclusion of every night out. Hovie was chicken shopped by closing time and led the party towards the nearest illuminated counter. chicken sickled adj. Of a drinker who has taken up a curved object and is now clearing a path through coats. Kynesha went chicken sickled with an umbrella, harvesting hats from the crowded doorway.