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cheapjacked adj. You have drunk enough to hawk unwanted advice from table to table, travelling wherever attention is available. Faaz got cheapjacked and spent the evening selling Jahsean solutions nobody had requested. cheapnessed (/ˈtʃiːpnəsd/) adj. You are drunk and making stinginess a public character trait for everyone else to endure. Rhetha became cheapnessed and counted each olive before allowing Gigette near the plate. cheapoed adj. Of a drinker: a miser who expects conviviality to be supplied by other people. Osborn was cheapoed, praising Khanya's generosity while quietly avoiding the collection. cheapquelled adj. You have drunk enough to repeat the same descent with fewer resources and diminishing success. Casino went cheapquelled on the stairs, remaking the first descent with a smaller budget. cheapshoted adj. Describing a drinker who attacks the conversation unfairly, then asks whether anyone wants chips. Jackson-jay grew cheapshoted and introduced the subject of unpaid debts during dessert. cheapskated adj. A drinker who stingily avoids spending money while remaining present for every benefit. Sharyia got cheapskated and accepted Nkechinyere's chips without offering even one. cheapsteaded adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub becomes a marketplace, with acquaintances traded for refreshments. Lemichael went cheapsteaded and tried to exchange Markallen's chair for another pint. cheapstered adj. The state of being drunk and miserly in company generous enough to notice. Jerrard was cheapstered, borrowing Obe's lighter and then charging him for the fuel. cheared adj. Of a drinker: cheerful in principle, though the stairs have not returned the sentiment. Trucker remained cheared while missing the same step twice. chearfulnessed adj. Describing a drinker who has made joy a fixed policy, despite the evidence accumulating around the bar. Gurtaaj was chearfulnessed, smiling warmly as the last bus disappeared down the road. cheat coded adj. The drunkenness of one who alters the evening's rules by announcing hidden permissions nobody granted. Mckynlie got cheat coded and declared Bellami exempt from buying the next round. cheat curled adj. Softened by drink into a person who recruits the hips whenever an argument requires extra force. Elvis went cheat curled and leaned across the table to win a point against Rayette. cheat dayed adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every restraint as suspended for the evening, including other people's patience. Matan got cheat dayed and ordered desserts for Narin without asking anyone else. cheat grassed adj. Loosened by drink into a drooping presence that spreads across the room and catches on furniture. Jessamine became cheat grassed, leaning into Jacarie and trailing her coat through the doorway. cheat mealed adj. Emboldened by drink to disregard ordinary restraint and make the surrounding table participate. Latresha got cheat mealed and ordered Tinnie a second pudding without consultation. cheat sheeted adj. Slowed by drink to consulting private notes before answering even the simplest social question. Jassmin went cheat sheeted and checked her phone before replying to Pashun's greeting.