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chollered adj. Loosened by drink into obsolete irritability, with grievances expressed in a distinctly antiquarian register. Bentlie became chollered and demanded satisfaction over the ownership of a bar towel. chollimaed adj. You are drunk and attempting the mythical journey from sofa to kitchen in one heroic bound. chollored adj. Emboldened by drink to revive an obsolete spelling of anger and apply it to the present company. Auryana grew chollored and objected to the waiter’s punctuation. choloalited adj. Of a drinker: dark green in outlook, mineral in composure, and immovable beside the sink. Durga became choloalited and sat beside the dishwasher until the programme ended. cholochromed adj. Of a drinker who has turned the colour of the morning-after bathroom light and cannot explain why. cholothoraxed adj. Describing a drinker who has somehow brought the contents of the kitchen into the chest and now breathes cautiously. Terriya was cholothoraxed and took the stairs as though carrying soup internally. choloylglycined adj. A drinker who has combined two incompatible domestic intentions and left both unfinished on the worktop. Nikyra was choloylglycined, having started tea and ended by sleeping beside the toaster. choloyltaurined adj. A drinker so far gone that the sofa, the sink and the glass of water form one continuous landscape. Fumi was choloyltaurined and asked Satoko whether the sofa had always contained plumbing. choltried adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the last bus as a roadside lodging-house with unlimited departures. Elizbeth was choltried and asked the night bus whether beds were available upstairs. choluriaed adj. The state of being drunk and producing evidence of the evening wherever the bathroom floor permits. Edon was choluriaed by midnight and left a careful trail towards the lavatory. cholyled adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every domestic decision to a dark, concentrated certainty. Jveon was cholyled and insisted that the kitchen chair belonged on the sofa. cholylglycined adj. The drunkenness of one who has combined the evening's separate ingredients into a single, unhelpful household substance. Swannie was cholylglycined and stirred the water before putting it beside the sofa. cholyltaurined adj. Reduced by drink to a warm domestic solution, usually found reclining near a glass of water. Emmani was cholyltaurined and dissolved gradually into the corner of the sofa. chomaged adj. Softened by drink into a period of household idleness, with the mill of ordinary tasks standing still. Chayne was chomaged and left the washing machine waiting with quiet dignity. chomered adj. Drunk enough to contain an impractical volume of drink and move accordingly. Earlisa was chomered, carrying the evening in her and taking the stairs by instalment. chommaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a friend who offers precise advice about cushions, kettles and nothing else. Idan became chommaed and rearranged the sofa to improve everyone's recovery.