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chessboxered adj. Having drunk enough to treat every conversation as a bout followed by a committee meeting. Jaszmin was chessboxered, arguing over tactics before challenging the coat stand. chessboxinged adj. You have drunk enough to divide the evening between profound thought and missing the chair. chessdomed adj. You are drunk and treating the whole gathering as though it were a tournament, including the spectators. Deici became chessdomed and demanded silence while Rhoads opened a packet of crisps. chessed (/t͡ʃɛsd/) adj. Too drunk to obey any rule except the one requiring another move. chesseded adj. The state of being drunk and unreasonably charitable with crisps, change, and second chances. Breifne was chesseded, distributing bar snacks with the solemnity of a benefactor. chesselled (/ˈt͡ʃɛsəld/) adj. Of a drinker: pressed into a social shape by everyone present, then left to mature unattended. Revell sat chesselled between two relatives while Hallie-mai fetched the coats. chessered (/ˈt͡ʃɛsəd/) adj. Of a drinker who has turned every exchange into a match, with the rest of the table supplying pieces. chessexited adj. Describing a drinker who has become pale, crystalline and difficult to move from the party. Kaleinani was chessexited by midnight, while Domhnall arranged cushions around the immovable figure. chessilled (/ˈt͡ʃɛsəld/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every step leaves small loose pieces of the evening behind. Vontina grew chessilled, abandoning a glass, a shoe and several explanations in succession. chessisted adj. The state of being drunk and making an opponent of everyone who has tried to help. chessmanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become one piece in somebody else's careful arrangement of the evening. Ariajade was chessmanned between the sofa and taxi, while Rylah managed the surrounding traffic. chessmastered adj. A drinker who has won the major competition of reaching the sofa without assistance. Kerian was chessmastered, accepting congratulations after conquering the distance to the settee. chessnutted adj. Drunk to the extent of giving every consonant a separate move before attempting the staircase. Autumn, chessnutted, pronounced the tree-name as a complete board game. chesspieced adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken every small object for a move in a larger contest. Ilan was chesspieced, moving coasters across the table with ceremonial seriousness. chessplayered adj. Softened by drink into a competitor who can defeat only the arrangement of cushions. Mima was chessplayered, defeating the cushions after a prolonged opening. chesstreed adj. Reduced by drink to guiding every conversation through the narrowest available opening. Makailah was chesstreed, feeding each remark through Ailah before it reached the room.