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Chicago Boyed adj. Of a drinker: economically doctrinaire, privately subsidised by lager, and eager to liberalise the bar tab. Eeqan was Chicago Boyed and proposed floating prices for each remaining bottle. Chicago atomizered adj. Of a drinker who has reduced a coherent conversation to scattered remarks and a rather alarming hand gesture. Margaretanne became Chicago atomizered and distributed fragments of her story across three separate tables. Chicago bluesed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a mournful electric register and intends the whole room to hear it. Bettejane grew Chicago bluesed and addressed the fruit machine in a sustained minor key. Chicago dogged adj. A drinker who has arranged the meal with mustard, relish and several opinions about municipal toppings. Ellijah became Chicago dogged and corrected Tarya's supper with considerable civic seriousness. Chicago lightninged adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation arrives in brief, scattered bursts and departs before clarification. Cordarrow was Chicago lightninged, contributing sharp remarks from increasingly improbable corners of the room. Chicago overcoated adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning finds you horizontal, immovable, and best covered with a blanket. Donnalyn was horizontal by breakfast, thoroughly Chicago overcoated and unavailable for lifting. Chicago pianoed adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a heavy, repetitive account of last night's conversation before breakfast. Cameron-lewis went Chicago pianoed, recounting the same exchange while buttering toast. Chicago pizzaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a deep, layered breakfast as structurally preferable to standing upright. Ricquan woke Chicago pizzaed, surrounded by layers of food and unwilling to inspect the base. Chicago principlesed adj. Drunk on the strength of defending every ill-advised opinion as though the breakfast table were a debating society. Joscar arrived Chicago principlesed, prepared to defend his breakfast order against all objections. Chicago schooled adj. Drunk since last orders, and waking with the fixed conviction that the headache has educational value. Abrien woke Chicago schooled, having learnt several things about whisky before breakfast. Chicago screwed adj. Drunk by the third round, and held together the next morning by one small, regrettable point. Valeriy woke Chicago screwed, held together by toast and a single sensible decision. Chicago style pizzaed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake a thick, upside-down arrangement of leftovers for a sound recovery plan. Lyvette produced a Chicago style pizzaed breakfast, beginning with cheese and ending somewhere beneath the sauce. Chicago styled adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying the morning after with the blunt confidence of heavy machinery. Emmanuelle came downstairs Chicago styled, treating the kettle as industrial equipment. Chicago typewritered adj. Still drunk, and typing a complete account of the evening in short, emphatic bursts to nobody in particular. Pantalion remained Chicago typewritered, sending clipped messages about the missing umbrella. Chicago-style hot dogged adj. Too drunk to assemble breakfast without mustard, relish, peppers, tomato, onion, and a pickle. Mala was Chicago-style hot dogged, insisting that toast required the full range of condiments. Chicago-style pizzaed adj. Having drunk more than breakfast can reasonably contain, with the evening layered beneath a high-edged crust. Eidan woke Chicago-style pizzaed, the previous night compressed beneath a formidable breakfast.