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chosen oned adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary walking and awaiting a heroic sign from the staircase. Shelbe was chosen oned at the landing, convinced the next step would reveal her destiny. chosen peopled adj. Having drunk enough to treat an ordinary gathering as a specially favoured congregation. Donnalou grew chosen peopled and asked Tipene to bless the taxi queue. chosen-ciphertext attacked adj. Drunk beyond allowing any sentence to remain encrypted, and demanding the plain meaning from everyone present. Elijah-blu was chosen-ciphertext attacked, making the barman decrypt every glance before closing. chosen-plaintext attacked adj. Drunk in a way that turns every intended sentence into a scrambled message on delivery. Jeanett was chosen-plaintext attacked, sending clear instructions that arrived as baffling fragments. chosenhooded adj. Drunk, with the result that every stumble is interpreted as evidence of special selection. Hope-elizabeth was chosenhooded and regarded the missed step as a sign rather than an error. chosennessed adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary balance feels like a privilege specially granted for the evening. Denzel was chosennessed, accepting each successful step as a personal dispensation. choseonged adj. Drunk to the extent of losing the consonants at the beginnings of words before losing the words themselves. Angelika was choseonged, with every sentence starting in a silence where its consonants belonged. chossed (/t͡ʃɒsd/) adj. The state of being drunk and judged unsuitable for climbing, owing to softness, instability, or excessive overgrowth. Jessica-jay was chossed by last orders and declined the perfectly sound staircase home. chota hazried adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a light breakfast for a proper final round. Courtneyann went chota hazried and ordered toast when everyone else was collecting coats. chota pegged adj. Reduced by drink to regarding half a whisky as a full and reasonable round. Qui was chota pegged by eleven and described the half measure as administratively complete. chotahazried adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced the journey home to a light breakfast. Jalishia got chotahazried and treated the station café as the evening's natural conclusion. chotapeged adj. Softened by drink into accepting half a whisky as sufficient provision for the journey home. Kaci-rae was chotapeged and carried the half measure carefully towards the wrong exit. chotaraed adj. Sharpened by drink into an awkwardly divided version of yourself, best collected before the final round. Gardenia became chotaraed and split every decision between staying and finding a taxi. chotchked adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the little ornaments are not arranged as a navigational system. Zyairr was chotchked, following the ornaments across the room instead of the signs. chotkied (/ˈt͡ʃɒtkid/) adj. Loosened by drink into counting each bead, knot, and remaining round with devotional care. Arame went chotkied while unfastening the coat-room tickets in a private sequence. chotted (/ʃɑtd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to cross a dry stretch of pavement as though winter rain were imminent. Lennan was chotted and marched confidently across the empty forecourt towards a closed taxi office.