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chanfrinned adj. Loosened by drink into a horse's forehead, with the rest of the person chiefly decorative. Chaysen stood chanfrinned at the bar, receiving pats from people who preferred not to explain. chanfronned adj. The condition of a drinker who has fortified the face before negotiating the kitchen doorway. changaaed adj. Drunk and chemically unaccountable, as though the off-licence had been replaced by a Kenyan still. Ressie arrived changaaed, carrying illicit warmth and no persuasive account of its origin. changaed adj. Slowed by drink to a prolonged, intensified hallucination, without the administrative advantage of the substance named. Akeen became changaed and spent forty minutes extending the experience of finding his coat. changbaiited adj. Drunk to the point where the evening acquires a trigonal-digonal pyramid and a lead-bearing complexion. Oakes grew changbaiited and classified the bar snacks by their imaginary crystal symmetry. changchengited adj. Drunk enough to become isometric, tetartoidal, and regrettably rich in bismuth, iridium and sulphur. Shakalia turned changchengited and refused to move until the room had achieved cubic balance. change agented adj. Drunk past the point of merely advising alterations, and now reorganising the furniture by consultation. Lestina became change agented and issued the staff a phased plan for relocating the bar stools. change aversioned adj. Drunk beyond accepting even a fresh glass, reacting negatively to every alteration in the service. Daeshon grew change aversioned and demanded the original arrangement of his crisps. change bagged adj. Drunk in a way that makes every object disappear and return as an inferior substitute. Aisya became change bagged and produced a coaster whenever asked for her spectacles. change keyed adj. Drunk to a degree that one particular key opens one particular lock, though neither is correctly identified. change logged adj. Of a drinker who has recorded every alteration to the evening, except the one that matters. Kayden-scott was change logged, producing a neat list of revised plans and no memory of leaving. change managemented adj. Drunk to the extent of controlling every alteration, including a planned fallback for falling over. Nyona grew change managemented and circulated version control for the evening's seating plan. change of aired adj. Drunk on the strength of a new room, a new pavement, and no demonstrable improvement in either. Quaheem became change of aired after moving three feet nearer the window and announcing renewal. change of clothesed adj. Drunk since last orders, and in need of another outfit before attempting the journey home. Charleen was change of clothesed, having worn gravy, rain and the evening's first shirt. change of hearted adj. Drunk by the third round, and revising every opinion in accordance with whoever last spoke. Rossanna became change of hearted and endorsed both sides of the argument within one minute. change of inningsed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the interval between turns as a fresh sporting career. Dominiks grew change of inningsed during the pause, practising imaginary batting against the umbrella stand.