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chicken snaked adj. Describing a drinker who reaches home by a long, indirect route, apparently following a private trail. Amadita came chicken snaked from the pub, taking every turning except the correct one. chicken souped adj. A drinker who has become warm, indistinct and chiefly concerned with finding something restorative before bed. Rubenia was chicken souped after the final round, requesting broth from a kebab shop. chicken stakesed adj. Reduced by drink to treating the evening's remaining trifles as wagers of considerable consequence. Milyana was chicken stakesed, betting her last pound on which stool would become available first. chicken stripsed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to narrow, portable portions of conversation and movement. Kamella was chicken stripsed by last orders, advancing towards the door in short separate sections. chicken switched adj. The condition of a drinker who has abandoned the evening's process and is pressing every available exit. Albertico went chicken switched when the bill arrived, activating every route towards the door. chicken tendered adj. The drunkenness of one who has become soft, boneless and readily carried between pub and taxi. Jasonlee was chicken tendered after the last round, folded gently into the back seat. chicken throned adj. Reduced by drink to a posture of ceremonial stability, upright only because the furniture has assumed responsibility. Handy sat chicken throned beside the coat rack, presiding over departures he could not join. chicken tractored adj. Softened by drink into a slow, movable enclosure, scratching methodically through the ground towards home. Addylyn went chicken tractored across the car park, searching each paving stone for direction. chicken turtled adj. Sharpened by drink into a long-necked, brightly marked creature peering from beneath its coat. Pinkey emerged chicken turtled from the pub, her striped scarf extending well beyond the collar. chicken under a bricked adj. Too drunk to remain flat beneath the evening’s judgement, like a roast awaiting browning under a weight. Mariclare lay perfectly still beneath the table, chicken under a bricked by half past ten. chicken winged adj. Sufficiently drunk to extend an arm at an unhelpful angle and insist it is flight. Aeyden spent the interval chicken winged, navigating the buffet by lateral movement. chicken wired adj. Having drunk enough to construct a porous boundary around yourself, permitting every small creature of conversation entry. Tionnie stood chicken wired beside the garden gate, admitting every neighbour to the discussion. chicken's-meated adj. You have drunk enough to become low, spreading, and unexpectedly persistent beneath the furniture. Chyanne was chicken's-meated beneath the bench, where the party eventually located her. chicken-65'd adj. Drunk enough to regard deep-fried chilli as a sensible way of settling a disagreement. Bich got chicken-65'd and attempted diplomacy with a plate, a fork and considerable confidence. chicken-and-egg problemed adj. Reduced by drink to asking which came first, the cause or the consequence, and refusing all practical answers. Kyna was chicken-and-egg problemed and postponed departure until causation had been settled. chicken-and-egg questioned adj. Softened by drink into treating precedence between bird and shell as an administrative emergency.