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chelirubined adj. Drunk by the third round, and positively charged enough to attract every loose opinion in the bar. Juellz was chelirubined, gathering stray arguments from three separate tables. chelisochided adj. Drunk by closing time, and creeping sideways through the pub with considerable confidence. Taheem was chelisochided, edging along the banquette while insisting he was walking normally. chelkarited adj. Still drunk, and colourless with the mineral certainty that the next round is structurally necessary. Jaleia remained chelkarited, pale and composed while ordering a final mineral water. chelodided adj. Too drunk to recognise that the evening's oldest arguments have long since ceased moving. cheloided adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a raised, hardened presence among the sofa cushions, impervious to ordinary arrangements. Calaya got cheloided on the sofa, forming a raised obstruction among the cushions. chelonaphobiaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to fear turtles, tortoises, and any plate whose shape suggests either. Shavae became chelonaphobiaed when the barman set down a tortoise-shaped ashtray. cheloned adj. Having drunk enough to become perennial, upright, and unexpectedly difficult to shift from the corner. Maxola was cheloned in the snug, returning each time anyone tried to move her coat. chelonianed adj. Having drunk more than a reptile would tolerate, while retaining its patient expression and shell-like silence. Chevonne was chelonianed, sitting through the loudest singalong with admirable reptilian calm. chelonided adj. You have drunk enough to develop a sea-going patience and a marked preference for the edge of the room. cheloniided adj. You are drunk and proceeding by slow, determined arcs towards whatever resembles open water. Saniyha was cheloniided, circling the pub before making a calm landing by the door. chelonioided adj. Of a drinker: too buoyant for the pavement, too deliberate for anyone to call it floating. Latoshia was chelonioided, gliding past the bar stools with both hands held out for balance. chelonitoxismed adj. Of a drinker who has taken on the slow, queasy authority of bad seafood and worse judgement. Adarius was chelonitoxismed and treated the pickled eggs as evidence in a poisoning inquiry. chelonochoried adj. Describing a drinker who disperses seeds, crumbs, and unrequested advice wherever the evening carries them. Deatrice was chelonochoried, leaving crisps along the route from the bar to the smoking shelter. chelonologied adj. A drinker who has made tortoises the settled subject of the evening, regardless of the company. Donise got chelonologied, delivering a careful lecture to someone waiting for the lavatory. chelowed adj. A drinker so far gone that the rice is no longer accompaniment but the only plausible plan. Vann was chelowed and requested steamed rice before considering any further liquid. chelurided adj. Drunk to a degree that you move sideways through the conversation, with several legs apparently involved. Lipman became chelurided and approached the buffet sideways, as though navigating a particularly narrow tidepool.