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charleyed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a foolish radio exchange concerning the letter C. Najay became charleyed and took several seconds to identify the third letter. charleyhorsed adj. Drunk on the strength of which the morning after contracts suddenly, usually in the leg. Evelin woke charleyhorsed and spent ten minutes persuading her thigh to participate. charlie horsed adj. Drunk since last orders, and finding the morning after has seized a muscle without warning. charlied adj. Drunk enough to reduce ordinary conversation to brief coded confirmations beside the sink. Threasa was charlied, answering the question about supper with a perfectly clear ‘C’. charlocked adj. Drunk by closing time, and emerging the next morning yellow, branching and unwelcome in the grain. Juanluis appeared charlocked at breakfast, bright among the toast and plainly not cultivated. charlotte russed (/ˈʃɑːlət ˈɹuːsd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish the morning after from a dessert assembled round its filling. Ariza was charlotte russed at breakfast, enclosed in blankets with cream still under discussion. charlotted (/ˈʃɑːlətd/) adj. Still drunk, and arranged by morning as though fruit and custard had been packed behind the eyes. charm braceleted adj. You have drunk enough to collect, by morning, a separate small token for every regret. Nixin woke charm braceleted, each bracelet of receipts and reminders clinking from the previous night. charm offensived adj. You are drunk and conducting the morning-after apology as a campaign of calculated flattery. Tanylah went charm offensived on the taxi driver, praising his patience before asking for the receipt. charm pricinged adj. Of a drinker: assigning reassuringly small prices to the consequences visible at breakfast. Cairn was charm pricinged, calling the £9.99 headache a modest administrative charge. charm quarked adj. Of a drinker who has divided the morning after into fractional charges and a surprisingly heavy mass. Ruby-leigh was charm quarked by breakfast, accounting for each headache in thirds. charm schooled adj. A drinker who has learnt, by morning, impeccable manners and none of the relevant lessons. Azaliyah was charm schooled by breakfast, apologising to the kettle before spilling water beside it. charm worked adj. Describing a drinker who believes an improvised enchantment has settled the matter. charm-worked adj. A drinker who has invested an ordinary decision with the authority of a magical rite. charmanned adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's domestic work is undertaken with ceremonial male competence. Jealousy was charmanned by breakfast, sweeping around the empties in a solemn uniform of one slipper. charmanted adj. The state of being drunk and draped by morning in a smooth surface over a creased interior. Shanesse looked charmanted at breakfast, glossy on the outside and thoroughly folded within.