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chicken runned adj. Too drunk to remain indoors once the bill arrives, but not sufficiently organised to escape in a straight line. Summer chicken runned from the pub, circling the taxi rank before finding the exit. chicken salad aired adj. Having drunk enough to attempt the journey home with one hand behind the legs and no useful explanation. Shacara went chicken salad aired beside the bus shelter, reaching backwards for a dropped glove. chicken saladed adj. Sufficiently drunk to combine unrelated conversations, dress items and leftovers into one portable arrangement. Aquita got chicken saladed at last orders, mixing the bill with someone else's takeaway. chicken salted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and seasoning every farewell with increasingly elaborate directions. Endiyah became chicken salted after the final round, salting each taxi with advice. chicken scratched adj. You have drunk enough to scatter your words like mixed grain, with no evident order or destination. Yenny was chicken scratched by closing time, leaving fragments of directions on every conversation. chicken shelled adj. You are drunk and enclosed in a hard outer layer of coat, scarf and misplaced confidence. Nimer stood chicken shelled outside the pub, refusing assistance with his own zip. chicken shopped adj. The drunkenness of one who regards a fried-poultry takeaway as the ordained conclusion of every night out. Hovie was chicken shopped by closing time and led the party towards the nearest illuminated counter. chicken sickled adj. Of a drinker who has taken up a curved object and is now clearing a path through coats. Kynesha went chicken sickled with an umbrella, harvesting hats from the crowded doorway. chicken snaked adj. Describing a drinker who reaches home by a long, indirect route, apparently following a private trail. Amadita came chicken snaked from the pub, taking every turning except the correct one. chicken souped adj. A drinker who has become warm, indistinct and chiefly concerned with finding something restorative before bed. Rubenia was chicken souped after the final round, requesting broth from a kebab shop. chicken stakesed adj. Reduced by drink to treating the evening's remaining trifles as wagers of considerable consequence. Milyana was chicken stakesed, betting her last pound on which stool would become available first. chicken stripsed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to narrow, portable portions of conversation and movement. Kamella was chicken stripsed by last orders, advancing towards the door in short separate sections. chicken switched adj. The condition of a drinker who has abandoned the evening's process and is pressing every available exit. Albertico went chicken switched when the bill arrived, activating every route towards the door. chicken tendered adj. The drunkenness of one who has become soft, boneless and readily carried between pub and taxi. Jasonlee was chicken tendered after the last round, folded gently into the back seat. chicken throned adj. Reduced by drink to a posture of ceremonial stability, upright only because the furniture has assumed responsibility. Handy sat chicken throned beside the coat rack, presiding over departures he could not join. chicken tractored adj. Softened by drink into a slow, movable enclosure, scratching methodically through the ground towards home. Addylyn went chicken tractored across the car park, searching each paving stone for direction.