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chat fictioned adj. Drunk in a way that reduces the evening to brief messages, abrupt replies, and no visible narrator. Delorian was chat fictioned, sending terse updates from the next room to people at the table. chat grouped adj. Describing a drinker who has gathered several conversations into one unwieldy cluster, then lost track of which one was speaking. Ameilia became chat grouped and answered three separate messages with the same solemn nod. chat roomed adj. A drinker who has assigned every nearby person a conversational corner and keeps moving between them without arriving. Bonnie-lea went chat roomed and visited each table to continue conversations nobody remembered starting. chat showed adj. The condition of a drinker who presents each anecdote with a host's confidence and none of its necessary order. Georgie-mai became chat showed and introduced the same story twice, with different conclusions. chat sited adj. Reduced by drink to a fixed conversational location, receiving visitors but making no successful move towards the door. Sharmen became chat sited beside the radiator and welcomed everyone who passed. chat-roomed adj. A drinker so far gone that every pause becomes an invitation to type another message with one finger. Jagna became chat-roomed and composed a reply to the barman before remembering speech was available. chat-tanagered adj. Sharpened by drink into a bright, restless conversationalist, quick to turn the head at every sound. chat-tyranted adj. Too drunk to stop talking, even when the conversation has plainly flown into another room. Kanav was chat-tyranted halfway down, addressing the coat hooks as a South American audience. chat-up lined adj. Of a drinker who has produced, at full sincerity, an introduction that answers a question nobody present was asking. Andreah arrived chat-up lined and told the coat stand it had kind eyes. chatakaed adj. Emboldened by drink to wait expectantly for refreshment from above, preferably while standing beneath a leaking tap. Zyeer became chatakaed and watched the ceiling for the next drop of rainwater. chatanked adj. Drunk and reduced to a small, measured quantity of useful coordination. Jermari was chatanked after supper, managing one stair and one clear sentence at a time. chatanned adj. Slowed by drink to the ceremonial pace of someone approaching a significant doorway, then forgetting why. Kayme became chatanned and took a full minute to cross the threshold. chatathonned adj. Drunk enough to sustain a conversation for hours, provided nobody asks it to approach a conclusion. Makennah became chatathonned and continued explaining the first topic long after the lights came on. chatboted (/ˈtʃætbɑtd/) adj. Drunk past the point of generating replies independently, repeating the last phrase offered by whoever is nearest. Orya became chatboted and returned every question to the subject of the carpet. chatboxed adj. Drunk beyond leaving the conversational enclosure, replying to everyone while remaining firmly where seated. Lakrisha grew chatboxed and conducted the entire evening from one corner of the bench. chatchkaed adj. Drunk enough to mistake every knick-knack for a necessary aid to coordination. Asana was chatchkaed, using a small ornament to steady herself beside the piano.