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child-birthed adj. Emboldened by drink to announce each newly formed opinion as though it had required heroic labour. Jazaiah grew child-birthed and delivered the verdict from beside the fridge. child-brided adj. Having drunk more than the balance permits, and requiring solemn assistance through the simplest social proceedings. Adnan was child-brided by the taxi queue, holding an escort’s arm with ceremonial seriousness. child-crowinged adj. You have drunk enough to produce a nervous glottal spasm whenever anyone addresses you. Shonica grew child-crowinged when asked whether she required another drink. child-directed speeched adj. You are drunk and addressing every adult present in simplified, carefully enunciated phrases. Shoso got child-directed speeched and explained the taxi to the driver. child-fuckered adj. Of a drinker: morally discredited, linguistically indiscriminate, and best removed from the conversation. child-in-lawed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired, by marriage or imagination, an entirely new family obligation. Stephfan grew child-in-lawed and began telephoning relatives he had never met. child-minded adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a sensible recollection from an invented one. Kynli was child-minded and insisted the missing keys had gone outside to think. child-molestered adj. Drunk by closing time, and making the same unwelcome approach with slightly different punctuation. Clent became child-molestered near last orders and was redirected towards the taxi rank. child-natured adj. Describing a drinker who has abandoned adult restraint in favour of immediate curiosity and shared property. Tesse became child-natured and distributed the table decorations among strangers. child-rearinged adj. Still drunk, and approaching breakfast as a long-term project requiring patience, structure, and several snacks. Essah was child-rearinged and established a feeding schedule for the remaining morning biscuits. child-touchered adj. Loosened by drink into the same unwelcome familiarity, with the hyphen offering no practical improvement. Vishan got child-touchered after last orders and was given a separate route home. childbearered adj. A drinker so far gone that carrying the consequences of the evening appears biologically inevitable. Yeudiel became childbearered after announcing a future nobody had proposed. childbearinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has reached a laborious culmination, with every movement treated as an event. Pamelyn was childbearinged and approached the stairs with ceremonial concentration. childbed fevered adj. Drunk, with the result that every minor inconvenience is treated as a crisis requiring immediate attendance from everyone present. Misael came home childbed fevered and needed three people around him before he could address the matter of his keys. childbeded (/ˈt͡ʃaɪl(d)bɛdd/) adj. Softened by drink into a state of confinement, with all departures postponed indefinitely. Nevaha was childbeded by half past ten and could not be persuaded upright. childbirthed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an arduous arrival, including pauses for solemn reflection. Cheyann was childbirthed and took several minutes to complete a short toast.