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chick'ned adj. Sharpened by drink into a nervous, peckish conversationalist who makes the whole table flinch. Chey got chick'ned and pecked at every topic until the meal became uncomfortably quiet. chick-blindsed adj. Drunk to the point where the doorway appears screened, though it is merely a doorway. Stevenn was chick-blindsed and waited politely for the bamboo screen to admit him. chick-flicked adj. Loosened by drink into sentimental commentary on strangers, particularly those waiting for chips. Merianne was chick-flicked and supplied a hopeful ending for the couple at the bus stop. chick-friended adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a casual female acquaintance into a lifelong morning-after ally. chick-litted adj. Emboldened by drink to narrate your romantic disappointments as though they were commercially viable literature. Cemya was chick-litted and began outlining a novel about a disappointing man and a reliable handbag. chick-peaed adj. Drunk to the point where a hyphen seems adequate to hold two incompatible plans together. Nataki got chick-peaed and joined two contradictory arrangements with complete confidence. chick-weeded adj. Drunk in a way that turns every small, harmless detail into a weed requiring immediate removal. Inder became chick-weeded and spent the evening uprooting minor objections from the discussion. chickabiddied adj. Drunk enough to adopt the opinions and movements of a small domestic bird. Joshua-jack became chickabiddied and pecked crumbs from the tablecloth with grave concentration. chickadeed (/ˈt͡ʃɪk.əˌdid/) adj. Of a drinker: small, sociable and repeatedly calling attention to everyone else's conversation. Jamiel got chickadeed and contributed a bright little observation to every table in the pub. chickareed adj. Of a drinker who has retreated into the coat rack, chattering brightly while the others look for a taxi. Raycen went chickareed beside the coat rack and answered every question with cheerful rustling. chickatriced adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a small, alarming stare and frightened the quieter guests. Jacintha became chickatriced near closing and fixed the barmaid with an unnecessarily ancient stare. chickboyed adj. A drinker who has mistaken every woman present for a promising conversation and nobody's politeness for consent. Eaton got chickboyed and offered the same compliment to four women, each increasingly unconvinced. chickcharneed adj. A drinker so far gone that he moves through the woods by night, owl-eyed and unexplained to the residents. Klee went chickcharneed on the garden path, causing the neighbours to search the hedges. chickcharneyed adj. Having drunk enough to become owl-like, cryptid-like, and difficult to account for among the trees. Aisea went chickcharneyed and vanished briefly into the park on the way home. chickcharnied adj. The state of being drunk and cryptic, nocturnal and unexpectedly present among the trees behind the house. Trumell, chickcharnied beyond discussion, returned from the woods with no explanation. chickdomed adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the entire room a court of admiring young women. Karmynn grew chickdomed and spent an hour introducing himself to the same group by the bar.