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chore coated adj. Of a drinker: dressed for arduous domestic work, though only the journey to the sofa is intended. chore wheelled adj. Of a drinker who has assigned tomorrow's housework by spinning the rota, then fallen asleep beside it. Jentrie became chore wheelled and allocated dusting to everyone before losing the pointer. chorea gravidarumed adj. A drinker who circles the kitchen with the solemn, unsettled movements of someone awaiting a very late supper. Ramesh became chorea gravidarumed, orbiting the oven while insisting the pudding was imminent. chorea-acanthocytosised adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to sit down develops a life of its own. Taranda became chorea-acanthocytosised and negotiated with the sofa before finally missing it. choreaed (/kəˈɹiːəd/) adj. Describing a drinker who turns clearing the kitchen into a circular dance with an inaudible chorus. Khase went choreaed around the table, collecting teaspoons and returning them to different drawers. choreboyed adj. The condition of a drinker who volunteers for every household task and completes none of them. chored (/t͡ʃɔːd/) adj. You are drunk and treating the ordinary business of keeping house as a personal campaign. Endri got chored and scrubbed one plate repeatedly while ignoring the full sink. choreed (/ˈkɔːɹiːd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who gives each domestic instruction a long first syllable and a short conclusion. Lauria was choreed, stretching the word 'water' across the entire passage to the kitchen. choregosed adj. Too drunk to leave the morning's chorus unsupervised, though nobody has requested another performance. Nabile was choregosed before breakfast, organising three yawns and a cough into a solemn refrain. choregraphered adj. Drunk enough to arrange the cushions, glasses and blankets into a complete production before lying down. Paizleigh got choregraphered and positioned every cushion for an audience that never arrived. choregraphied adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening's domestic movements have been arranged, recorded and promptly forgotten. Woodie got choregraphied and left a route of cushions between the sink and the sofa. choregused (/kəˈɹiːɡəsd/) adj. Reduced by drink to conducting a chorus of kettles, spoons and unanswered requests from the sofa. Jocey became choregused and directed the saucepan lids as though they were a trained ensemble. choreicked adj. Softened by drink into someone who sways gently while attempting the smallest household movement. Rayne grew choreicked and rocked beside the sink until the tap appeared reassuring. choreiform movemented adj. Sharpened by drink into repeated, rapid gestures that coordinate poorly with the intended domestic task. Courtney-louise became choreiform movemented while trying to place a coaster beneath the glass. choreined adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose limbs keep proposing separate arrangements for carrying water. Brandalyn was choreined, with one hand reaching for the glass and the other adjusting a cushion. choremanned adj. Emboldened by drink to undertake a man's share of the chores, beginning with a dramatic inspection of the kitchen. Samanth became choremanned and surveyed the washing-up before sitting down to supervise it.