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chatzosed adj. A drinker who has mistaken midnight for a personal jurisdiction and conducts business accordingly. Easa was chatzosed, declaring the hour officially suitable for one final and highly theoretical round. chatzoted adj. A drinker so far gone that the exact middle of the night appears to be a practical destination. chau minned adj. The state of being drunk and rearranged into a cold, sauced miscellany by the time food is requested. chaubacked adj. Drunk to the point where the morning keeps returning, sharply, to matters considered settled overnight. Laison woke chaubacked whenever anyone asked where the missing shoe had gone. chaubucked adj. Drunk enough to find the morning’s smallest reminders of last night disproportionately corrective. Malayna looked chaubucked when the unopened receipt appeared beside her breakfast. chaud-froided adj. The condition of a drinker who has become cold, set and difficult to prise from the evening. Radwa was chaud-froided, seated immovably beneath a glossy layer of misplaced composure. chaud-medleyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and combining unrelated morning-after symptoms without apparent order. Peron turned up chaud-medleyed, carrying coffee, antacids and one unexplained glove. chaudfroided adj. Drunk on the strength of cold meat and jelly, and regretting the arrangement by breakfast. Yarely woke chaudfroided, with the night's gravy clinging to every recollection. chaudharied adj. Drunk by closing time, and still representing the interests of traders who have gone home. Donya woke chaudharied, negotiating over the price of a bacon sandwich. chaudhuried adj. Still drunk, and presiding over the breakfast table as though it were a trading council. Oluwafemi chaudhuried over breakfast, presiding over toast as though it were a trading council. chaudhuriided adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the morning's fish-shaped sensations as a family resemblance. Staci woke chaudhuriided, describing her pulse as something kept in an aquarium. chaudinned (/ˈʃoʊdɪnd/) adj. Having drunk enough to feel sewn up, heavily seasoned and best left undisturbed until lunch. Macalister arrived chaudinned, requiring quiet, rice and an afternoon without stitching. chaudronned adj. Drunk and reduced to stirring up chopped entrails in every conversation. Emelia-mae was chaudronned, serving up conversational offal with each fresh pint. chaufed adj. Having drunk more than the hired driver, and now requiring one to find the car. Empress woke chaufed, holding the keys while asking where the vehicle had gone. chauffed adj. You have drunk enough to appoint yourself driver after everyone sensible has hidden the keys. chauffered (/ˈt͡ʃɔː.fəd/) adj. You are drunk and radiating portable heat, particularly near the kettle the next morning. Saylah was chauffered, warming both hands over coffee she had forgotten to drink.