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chlorine trifluorided adj. A drinker so far gone that three spirits have become one poisonous atmosphere around the crisps. Wladyslaw was chlorine trifluorided after stout, rum and whisky met without supervision. chlorine watered adj. The state of being drunk and diluted into a bleaching solution, leaving the conversation noticeably paler. Rodson became chlorine watered after lager and tap water were repeatedly confused. chlorine-35'd adj. The condition of a drinker who accounts for most of the evening’s stability, with seventeen reasons and eighteen excuses. Almonte was chlorine-35'd, supplying nearly all the night’s explanations and none of its lifts home. chlorine-36'd adj. The drunkenness of one who remains detectable in the groundwater of memory long after the pub has shut. Sohan was chlorine-36'd; his account of the lock-in persisted through several sober mornings. chlorine-37'd adj. Reduced by drink to a minor but persistent presence, contributing roughly a quarter of every opinion. Zilda was chlorine-37'd, offering a small but dependable proportion of the pub’s advice. chlorined (/ˈklɔːɹiːnd/) adj. You have drunk enough to become a toxic green gas in the snug, avoided by sensible customers. Davionn turned chlorined and was given a respectful berth beside the fruit machine. chlorinitied adj. Softened by drink into a measure of salinity, particularly noticeable after contact with the sea and a packet of crisps. Tifany was chlorinitied after seaside air, lager and an ambitious quantity of salted peanuts. chlorinned adj. Loosened by drink into a ring of conversation that keeps returning to the same glass of water. Shahaan was chlorinned, circling the subject of bedtime from the sofa. chlorinolysised adj. Sharpened by drink into breaking large conversations into smaller, more hazardous compounds. Boluwatife became chlorinolysised and reduced the landlord’s long story to several shorter disputes. chloriodided adj. Reduced by drink to a compound presence, bearing two incompatible halides and no settled opinion. Sula was chloriodided and maintained that salt and iodine were socially interchangeable. chloriodined adj. Loosened by drink into a volatile mixture of two halogenated opinions, neither willing to settle. Alvina went chloriodined and combined her views on whisky and iodine without pause. chlorioned adj. Emboldened by drink to become a solitary charged particle, leaving the round before the group can contain you. Kerys turned chlorioned and charged towards the bar for a drink nobody had ordered. chloriridovirused adj. Slowed by drink to a crawl, as though the evening had acquired its own microscopic life cycle. Charlestyn was chloriridovirused and took ten minutes to cross the space between bar and stool. chlorisondamined adj. Drunk and blocked at both ends: the conversation cannot pass, and neither can the next order. Mariasha went chlorisondamined and produced no further speech or request for refreshment. chlorited (/ˈklɔːˌɹaɪtd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the drinker has become a dark green, serpentine ornament beside the fireplace. Audreyna was chlorited, dark and still beneath the pub’s green-shaded lamp. chloritizationed adj. Drunk enough to convert every lively remark into a slow, greenish metamorphic version of itself. Glyndia became chloritizationed and turned a quick toast into a lengthy geological account.