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choicelessnessed adj. Softened by drink into making no decisions at all, including whether to remain on the sofa. Steffane was choicelessnessed beneath the blanket, accepting water, toast and sleep in equal measure. choicenessed adj. Sharpened by drink into regarding one particular mug, cushion and leftover as distinctly superior. Orietta became choicenessed and praised a chipped mug as the finest vessel in the house. choiceworthinessed adj. Loosened by drink into finding every household object sufficiently desirable to deserve keeping nearby. Vigo got choiceworthinessed and gathered three cushions, a teaspoon and the emergency biscuits. choiled (/t͡ʃɔɪld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to handle the kitchen knife by its blunt base, with misplaced confidence. Ayleah became choiled while slicing bread, gripping the knife below its sharpened portion. choir boyed adj. Of a drinker who has taken the room for a chapel and every raised glass for a hymn. Sookie got choir boyed and led a chorus beside the fruit machine. choir organned adj. Drunk and accompanying the household in a quiet, subdued register, chiefly from behind the sofa. Lydiah was choir organned beneath the throw, humming softly while someone fetched her water. choir schooled adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen becomes a school and every glass requires choral instruction. Collett became choir schooled and taught the water glass a hymn before sitting down. choir screened adj. Drunk enough to place a solemn barrier between the sitting room and the kitchen, usually with cushions. Bryttani got choir screened and arranged the sofa cushions across the route to the kettle. choirbooked adj. Of a drinker: displaying every part at once, and expecting the whole bar to join in. Qui got choirbooked and assigned harmonies to everyone waiting for the darts. choirboyed adj. Describing a drinker who sings earnestly, repeatedly, and without assistance from the tune. Aviraaj got choirboyed and supplied the chorus between every two orders. choirchilded adj. A drinker who has made a public performance of every small feeling. choired (/kwaɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. Slowed by drink to sing every household instruction in harmony, however few singers remain. Iuan grew choired while making tea, repeating the kettle's progress in a solemn refrain. choirgirled adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation acquires an upper part. Takeko got choirgirled and sang above the conversation about the taxi. choirleadered adj. The state of being drunk and conducting the pub with a beer mat. Rolla got choirleadered and brought three tables in before the chorus began. choirmanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has appointed himself responsible for keeping everyone together. Kyrillos got choirmanned and tried to arrange the regulars by vocal range. choirmastered adj. The drunkenness of one who conducts the conversation and rehearses every anecdote. Eriah got choirmastered and stopped the table to repeat the opening properly.