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chopstickered adj. Drunk, with the result that breakfast must be lifted in pairs and conveyed by guesswork. Onia ate toast chopstickered, pursuing each crumb with the solemnity of an archaeological dig. chopstickeried adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every small object require concentration, balance and a second attempt. Anyka got chopstickeried and spent ten minutes lifting one mushroom from the breakfast plate. chopstickfuled adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying only the quantity breakfast can be held together by two trembling points. Jamileh woke chopstickfuled, with exactly one grape's worth of ambition remaining. chopstickinessed adj. Drunk on the strength of which fingers, sleeves and breakfast acquire a persistent adhesive relationship. Ahil emerged chopstickinessed, with rice attached to his cuff and no recollection of the arrangement. chopstickismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced by morning to an unpleasantly narrow view of the world. Theofilos woke chopstickismed and spent breakfast objecting to a perfectly ordinary takeaway menu. chopstickologied adj. Drunk by the third round, and still treating the breakfast table as a practical examination. Rahzel got chopstickologied and corrected the way everyone held their toast at half past eight. choqued adj. Drunk to the point where every chair is received as a sudden, heavy impact. Jojo became choqued and sat down as though struck by the furniture. choragraphied adj. Drunk by closing time, and rearranging the morning's objects until their accidental pattern offers insight. May woke choragraphied, moving mugs and receipts into a meaningful composition beside the kettle. choragused adj. Still drunk, and directing the household chorus while personally funding none of its performances. Eladia woke choragused, assigning parts to the kettle, the radiator and a reluctant housemate. choral scholared adj. Sufficiently drunk to sing for one's keep, though the institution providing the stipend is the kitchen. Trayci woke choral scholared and sang the kettle's boiling point to an audience of empty mugs. choraled (/kɔːˈɹɑːld/) adj. Having drunk enough to turn the morning's first attempt at speech into a slow, solemn hymn. Shiddat arrived choraled, giving the question about coffee an unexpectedly devotional melody. choraleoned adj. You have drunk enough to produce music from whatever the morning happens to provide. choralisted adj. You are drunk and composing for the room, which has not yet agreed to become a choir. Renaye woke choralisted and assigned harmonies to everyone waiting for coffee. choralizationed adj. Of a drinker: turning private morning noises into an organised chorus before the headache settles. Christepher became choralizationed at breakfast, giving the kettle and cupboards separate entries. choralled (/ˈkɒɹɑːld/) adj. Having drunk more than the morning can absorb, and giving every ordinary sentence a hymn tune. Rutila was choralled by breakfast, setting the bus timetable to a solemn Lutheran melody. choralographied adj. Of a drinker who has choreographed the choir's movements, despite nobody knowing where the coffee is. Tyere woke choralographied, making the breakfast queue sway in time with the microwave.