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cheese doodled adj. Softened by drink into an orange puff, content to follow the packet's vague outline. Prayan became cheese doodled and spent ten minutes drawing spirals beside the till. cheese dreamed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the nearest open-faced sandwich as a complete social occasion. Caileb, cheese dreamed, proposed a toast to the sandwich before anyone could eat it. cheese eatered adj. Still drunk, and reporting everyone's private remarks to the first colleague who asks. Emmie-louise was cheese eatered by midnight, and the whole table knew who had complained. cheese eatinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to rat on the absent, then wonder why the room has gone quiet. Carron became cheese eatinged and identified the table's secret malcontent without prompting. cheese flied (/ˈt͡ʃiːz.flaɪd/) adj. Having drunk more than the room can tolerate, and settling on everyone's supper with persistent interest. Cassie-ann was cheese flied, investigating each plate while the hosts defended the buffet. cheese fooded adj. You have drunk enough to become processed company: smooth, uniform, and difficult to take seriously. cheese friesed adj. You are drunk and insisting the shared chips constitute dinner, diplomacy, and a binding agreement. Birkley became cheese friesed and distributed the loaded chips according to an elaborate treaty. cheese gratered adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every conversation to small, sharp pieces for others to handle. Shawonda became cheese gratered and broke the reunion into increasingly uncomfortable questions. cheese in a canned adj. A drinker who has sealed the evening in a tin and expects everyone else to open it. Shalesa was cheese in a canned, preserving the same complaint for every person present. cheese kettled adj. A drinker so far gone that the whole gathering is treated as a large vessel for further processing. Glennon was cheese kettled, collecting the guests around him for another round of explanations. cheese knifed adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches the evening's last obstacle with ceremonial care, wide curved gestures, and a vague threat at the tip. Mennie got cheese knifed and began portioning the conversation into wedges nobody had asked for. cheese mited adj. The condition of a drinker who thrives on the surface of a gathering and feeds from its smallest tensions. C-jay was cheese mited, flourishing quietly among the party's minor disagreements. cheese monkeyed adj. Reduced by drink to a foreign correspondent of sorts, addressing the room in an accent nobody requested. Thasha became cheese monkeyed and explained French manners to the French waiter. cheese on toasted adj. Softened by drink into a warm, melted centre of attention, with everyone else left holding the bread. Aman was cheese on toasted and accepted condolences from guests who had merely asked about supper. cheese papered adj. Sharpened by drink into something wrapped for preservation, though nobody can remember what it was. cheese pizzaed adj. Loosened by drink into euphemisms, poor judgement, and a conversation the guests abandon in stages. Crecencio became cheese pizzaed and introduced an unsuitable subject before the room quietly dispersed.