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chimponauted adj. Loosened by drink into a test subject for interplanetary travel, with no reliable account of the mission. Oceann became chimponauted and attempted a lunar launch from the beer garden bench. chimurengaed adj. Emboldened by drink to deliver revolutionary music and opinions, preferably where neither has been requested. Paxtyn became chimurengaed and turned the closing announcements into a liberation broadcast. chin cactused adj. Describing a drinker who has become small, prickly, and unexpectedly difficult to approach. Wrenna grew chin cactused and rejected all assistance with the dignity of a desert plant. chin chinned adj. Drunk to the point where every small fried snack is treated as a formal Nigerian refreshment. Elon became chin chinned and distributed biscuits according to an elaborate imaginary protocol. chin chowed adj. Drunk enough to regard grass jelly as a reasonable foundation for further hospitality. Kahlila grew chin chowed and offered everyone spoonfuls of the cooling dessert. chin coughed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary speech and communicating chiefly through a ceremonial whoop. chin curtained adj. Drunk in a way that conceals the lower face behind a dense, solemn growth of words. Tradarius became chin curtained and delivered his account from behind an imaginary beard. chin diapered adj. Drunk, with the result that protective arrangements are worn beneath the chin and defended as deliberate. Billie-mae became chin diapered and insisted the forgotten mask was serving its purpose admirably. chin dimpled adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a conspicuous cleft in the conversation and little else of structure. Jazael became chin dimpled and paused beneath every sentence as though consulting the cleft. chin guarded adj. Drunk to the extent of protecting the jaw from hazards which are neither present nor expected. chin musicked adj. The condition of a drinker who spends the morning expecting every low conversation to arrive high and fast. Kyriana was chin musicked, flinching whenever the kettle clicked before breakfast. chin omeletted adj. The drunkenness of one who faces the morning with a conspicuously sticky chin and no useful account of it. Lytisha came downstairs chin omeletted, requesting a flannel and declining all questions. chin rolled adj. Reduced by drink to balancing the morning's last thought briefly on the chin before dropping it elsewhere. Jerode woke chin rolled, losing each intention between the bed and the kettle. chin shielded adj. A drinker so far gone that the lower face has developed its own defensive arrangement. chin stripped adj. Sharpened by drink into presenting the lower face as a narrow, bristling warning to the morning. Stevi appeared chin stripped, her new beard receiving the tea before she did. chin wagged adj. Slowed by drink to a conversation conducted chiefly through patient nodding and occasional weather. Jaquari became chin wagged and took six minutes to report the rain.