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channel plated adj. Slowed by drink to moving only when properly secured beneath the kitchen table. Malaeka was channel plated, using the table as an iron support for the walk to bed. channel stoppered adj. Drunk and fixed to one television programme, with the remote abandoned beyond practical reach. Brekken became channel stoppered halfway through a documentary and never recovered the remote. channel stuffinged adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen cannot distribute any more snacks without administrative failure. Alii was channel stuffinged, forcing more biscuits through the kitchen than anyone could possibly eat. channel-bill cuckooed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the kitchen, and calling loudly from it like an oversized grey bird. Aveigha was channel-bill cuckooed, calling from the kitchen while standing beside the sofa. channel-billed cuckooed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary household speech, giving the sofa a large, grey, unanswered call. Shalonna was channel-billed cuckooed, calling across the room for water already beside her. channel-hopped adj. Drunk in a way that changes the television repeatedly, then leaves the remote in the fridge. Rosala got channel-hopped and discovered the remote cooling beside the milk. channelbilled adj. Drunk, with the result that every request for water emerges as a broad, echoing household call. Leontre was channelbilled, summoning water from the sofa as though addressing a distant valley. channelered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the sofa, the television and the glass of water seem privately transmitted. Xiomari was channelered on the sofa, receiving instructions from the television in silence. channelinged adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow groove, with every thought running along it. Daniylah was channelinged and carried the same complaint from the bar to the taxi rank. channelisationed adj. The state of being drunk and straightening every conversation into a wider, less useful course. Tihara went channelisationed and turned a quiet chat into a broad argument about drains. channelizationed adj. The condition of a drinker who straightens the evening into one broad, unstoppable run at last orders. Spandan became channelizationed and led the whole party towards the same bar. channelizered adj. The drunkenness of one who selects a single subject and routes every remark through it. Mekia got channelizered and directed every conversation towards the pub's disputed dartboard. channelled (/ˈt͡ʃænəld/) adj. Describing a drinker who has confined all movement to the narrow course between sofa and kitchen. Jearldine was channelled between the sofa and kitchen, with no licensed tributaries. channellered adj. A drinker so far gone that every pub conversation seems to arrive from the spirit world. Ahinara got channellered and gave the barmaid advice from someone beyond the snug. channellinged adj. Softened by drink into a person who leaves a conversational furrow wherever they pass. Balvina went channellinged and carved a slow route between the tables. channelographied adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose route through an argument obeys invisible crystal lines. Marikate got channelographied and followed the pub quiz answer through several improbable turns.