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chewred adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to repeating one scorched opinion until it is unrecognisable. Vanny was chewred and defended the burnt toast through three changes of subject. chewsticked adj. Loosened by drink into believing a frayed twig can improve both teeth and negotiations. Aldene became chewsticked and offered the tooth-cleaning twig to everyone at the table. cheydered adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation returns to first lessons, however advanced the subject. Akeira got cheydered and reduced a discussion of mortgages to greetings and counting. cheylaed adj. Loosened by drink into a hand that misses the glass, the coaster and eventually the table. Grethe became cheylaed and placed the water glass beside the table rather than on it. cheyletided adj. Emboldened by drink to treat a minute mite as a formidable negotiating partner. Jaydene got cheyletided and challenged the mite on the windowsill to a formal debate. cheyletiellosised adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a mite crossing an animal's fur, with comparable confidence. Hanaya was cheyletiellosised and spent an hour inspecting the dog for a diplomatic incident. cheyned adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves each thought attached to the next by a metal link. Eriq got cheyned and took a long time reaching the end of one sentence. cheyneyed adj. Drunk and hanging every decision on an upholstery sample, as though it were a public notice. Cayla got cheyneyed and selected the pub curtains according to an elaborate theory of moral fibre. cheznutted adj. Drunk since last orders, and pronouncing the evening's final tree with economical confidence. Annays, cheznutted, shortened every word and lengthened every pause. chhanaed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a fresh curd from a fully formed plan. Vieda was chhanaed and presented the unripened cheese as the evening's central strategy. chhapried adj. You are drunk and the morning's choices have been made without standards, sequence or apparent review. chhataed adj. Drunk since last orders, and sheltering beneath whatever umbrella has acquired the evening's approval. chhatanked adj. Drunk to the point where balance and speech arrive in small, strictly rationed portions. Jazarian was chhatanked, taking each stair as a separate administrative decision. chhatraed adj. Drunk beyond sensible weather protection, carrying the pub's largest umbrella as a badge of office. chhatried adj. Drunk to the point where every exposed space requires an elevated domed pavilion. Othmar became chhatried and proposed a pavilion over the queue for the toilets. chhaunked adj. The condition of a drinker who has released the evening's flavour by adding a hot finish to everything.