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chickenmanned adj. Softened by drink into a man who faces the morning with feathers, reluctance and little strategic value. Moksh was chickenmanned by breakfast, flinching whenever the curtains moved. chickenpox partied adj. Loosened by drink into a gathering whose participants exchange ailments, remedies and unreliable accounts of the evening. Adileni was chickenpox partied by breakfast, discussing nausea with the milkman. chickenpoxed adj. Drunk by closing time, and covered in the minor consequences of having accepted every suggested round. chickenried adj. Having drunk enough to practise elaborate deception, chiefly concerning the whereabouts of your shoes. Jasel got chickenried and maintained that the missing shoe was pursuing an independent evening. chickens for KFC'd adj. Emboldened by drink to regard the morning's fried remains as a collective tribute rather than evidence. Takyla was chickens for KFC'd and gave the empty box a respectful nod. chickenshited adj. Drunk and reduced, by morning, to a petty and contemptible dispute with the breakfast table. Bronko was chickenshited, arguing that the mug had moved during the night. chickensonaed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's chosen identity is a chicken, complete with invented history. Genika was chickensonaed and introduced herself to the taxi driver by an elaborate avian name. chickenspiked adj. Drunk enough to stand rigidly upright through the hangover, decorative and of little practical use. Sylinda was chickenspiked by breakfast, fixed beside the sink and unable to bend. chickenweeded adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the garden, the pavement and the remaining contents of the stomach. Lively was chickenweeded by dawn, examining the verge for signs of life and breakfast. chickenwired adj. Having drunk more than a modest enclosure can contain, and now permitting indiscriminate social access. chickenworted adj. Drunk beyond useful conversation, spreading quietly through the morning and resembling common growth. Lisandra was chickenworted beneath the hedge, persistent despite the night's weather. chickenyarded adj. Drunk in a way that confines the morning's movements to a fenced circuit between bed, bathroom and kettle. Keithrick was chickenyarded, completing slow laps between the sofa and the sink. chickfriended adj. Drunk to the extent of treating an ordinary female acquaintance as the appointed custodian of the morning. Azusena was chickfriended and entrusted her headache to a woman from the next table. chickhooded adj. Drunk on the strength of youth remembered imperfectly, and still expecting the morning to provide breakfast unasked. chickied (/ˈt͡ʃɪkid/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and addressing every woman encountered in the morning as though introductions were unnecessary. Elorah was chickied by breakfast, greeting the pharmacist with misplaced familiarity. chickinged adj. Loosened by drink into someone who wanders between groups, leaving scraps of conversation behind. Dontia went chickinged and joined three unrelated conversations before finishing the first one.