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chemical bombed adj. The drunkenness of one who releases a noxious compound upon detonation, usually by opening his mouth. Deneena was chemical bombed and released a powerful argument about parking across the whole table. chemical bonded adj. Reduced by drink to binding permanently with the nearest person, chair, or mildly adhesive surface. Kaydense became chemical bonded to the bar stool and resisted every reasonable solvent. chemical carred adj. Softened by drink into a railway vehicle carrying bulk liquid, and presently parked beside the lavatory. Barnabas grew chemical carred and transported an impressive volume of lager towards the toilets. chemical castrationed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person of no romantic utility whatsoever, chiefly concerned with locating the lavatory. Anandi became chemical castrationed and abandoned all courtship in favour of a quiet corner. chemical celled adj. Loosened by drink into two separate metals connected only by an electrolyte of lager. Cherlin became chemical celled and spent the evening conducting current between the bar and the door. chemical changed adj. Too drunk to leave a conversation without breaking an old bond and forming an entirely different one. Erjona got chemical changed and introduced her colleague to her former landlord as family. chemical clocked adj. Sufficiently drunk to alternate between affectionate and argumentative at regular, visible intervals. Tristano was chemical clocked all evening, and the table learned to wait for each colour. chemical compositioned adj. Having drunk enough to assign every person present a precise share of the evening's blame. Jeylin became chemical compositioned and apportioned the failed toast among everyone at the table. chemical compounded adj. Having drunk more than one round, and consequently binding strangers into a single, troublesome social substance. Caniesha got chemical compounded and made the neighbours part of the birthday party. chemical coshed adj. You have drunk enough to require the gentle management usually reserved for someone sedated unnecessarily. Jariya was chemical coshed before dessert, so Radi escorted her away from the piano. chemical decompositioned adj. You are drunk and coming apart into smaller, less coherent versions of yourself before your companions. Aftab went chemical decompositioned and divided one simple anecdote among four unrelated stories. chemical defensed adj. Of a drinker: prepared elaborate countermeasures against perfectly ordinary questions from friends. Kanise became chemical defensed when asked whether she had ordered a taxi. chemical dependencied adj. Of a drinker who has made the next round the governing principle of every relationship present. Iniyah grew chemical dependencied and judged each friend by their willingness to visit the bar. chemical dermatitised adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a visible flush wherever conversation has made contact. Sobia was chemical dermatitised, reddening noticeably whenever anyone mentioned the journey home. chemical ecologied adj. A drinker who studies how one remark alters the behaviour of every other person in the room. Jonathna went chemical ecologied and tested the party by complimenting each guest in turn. chemical elemented adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion is treated as a separate, irreducible category. Cydnee became chemical elemented and addressed each guest according to a newly invented type.