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chatmated adj. Slowed by drink to treating anyone encountered online as a trusted companion for the journey home. By closing time Byonce was chatmated, offering a lift to a stranger from the group chat. chatnaed adj. You are drunk and spicy company, leaving every innocent remark considerably more difficult to swallow. Tonyette was chatnaed and turned a question about buses into a fierce family dispute. chatonned adj. Drunk and fastening every conversation around one glittering point, usually the person carrying the coats. Caua stood chatonned beside the exit, holding the discussion together by its brightest detail. chatoyanced adj. Drunk to the point where each passing light seems to wink at you on the way home. Rayniya walked chatoyanced beneath the street lamps, greeting each reflection in turn. chatoyancied adj. Drunk enough to shimmer from one plan to another, never quite settling on the route home. Robeto grew chatoyancied and changed taxis whenever a different one caught his eye. chatoyanted (/ʃəˈtɔɪ.əntd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to sway with a polished, cat's-eye glimmer whenever the light catches you. Miriya came chatoyanted down the stairs, wavering attractively beneath the landing light. chatoymented adj. Having drunk enough to change colour and direction whenever anyone looks directly at you. Iuma grew chatoymented on the stairs, alternating between confidence and alarm. chatraed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing ceremonial shelter from the umbrella left in the cloakroom. Deaundre became chatraed and raised a borrowed umbrella to mark the end of the round. chatroomed adj. The state of being drunk and addressing the whole room in brief, disconnected contributions. Marie-maude grew chatroomed and offered three unrelated observations between each mouthful. chatshowed adj. The drunkenness of one who turns an ordinary exchange into a broadcast, complete with interruptions and a closing remark. Deziyah got chatshowed and interviewed the taxi driver about his opinions on roundabouts. chatshriked adj. Drunk in a way that makes you watch the departing crowd from one fixed, suspicious vantage. Lemya stood chatshriked near the door, observing every coat that went past. chatsited adj. Softened by drink into a stationary host, with every passer-by treated as a visitor to be greeted. Teneke grew chatsited beside the bar and welcomed the same customer four times. chatspaced adj. Drunk, with the result that the whole pub becomes a room for exchanging messages across distances. Senchal got chatspaced and sent directions to the taxi rank from ten feet away. chatspeaked adj. Drunk to a degree that turns ordinary farewells into abbreviations, initials and expressive punctuation. Lawayne became chatspeaked and sent the landlord a string of symbols instead of thanks. chattaed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating an umbrella as necessary ceremonial equipment for leaving the pub. Gearldean departed chattaed, holding the umbrella aloft while the pavement remained dry. chattahed adj. Drunk on the strength of a borrowed umbrella, and unwilling to surrender its authority at the taxi rank. Draxton grew chattahed and kept the umbrella open inside the cab.