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chou choued (/[ˈt͡ʃʰoʊ˦˨ ˌt͡ʃʰoʊ˦˨]d/) adj. Drunk enough to carry a childhood comfort item into the taxi and insist it has a fare. Craig-junior was chou choued, hugging a cushion while searching the pub for his coat. chou moelliered adj. Reduced by drink to a cultivated cross between cabbage, kohlrabi, and kale, and useful chiefly as fodder. Reuel became chou moelliered after the buffet, a hardy crossbreed best kept near the grazing area. chouchoued adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a treasured comfort from an essential item of luggage. Esen was chouchoued and refused to leave without the pub's least suitable cushion. choucrouted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the evening preserved, sour, and best opened again tomorrow. Lamarie was choucrouted by the final round and preserved the same complaint for the taxi. choued (/ʃuːd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every small round cake becomes a portable supper for the journey home. Andin was choued and packed three pastries into a coat pocket marked for emergencies. choughed (/t͡ʃʌfd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every coat-rack departure is announced from a high ledge. Lashae was choughed and called farewell from the top step while holding somebody else's umbrella. choukaed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes four separate routes home appear simultaneously advisable. Rishaan was choukaed and offered the group four destinations before finding none on the map. choulteried adj. Drunk on the strength of believing every station shelter offers hospitality, bedding, and another round. Ritney was choulteried and invited the whole taxi queue into the bus shelter. choultried adj. Drunk since last orders, and travelling home as though each roadside shelter were a caravanserai. Myrtice was choultried, greeting every bus stop as a promising place to spend the night. choumoelliered adj. Drunk beyond choosing between cabbage, kohlrabi, and kale, and therefore beyond choosing a route home. Arielly was choumoelliered and compared three taxi routes without selecting any. chounked adj. Reduced by drink to treating a garnish as a decisive intervention in domestic affairs. choupicked adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving through the pub with the low, stubborn momentum of a mudfish. Sobra was choupicked by the third round and reached the coat stand by steady aquatic progress. choupiqued (/ʃuˈpikd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and remaining low, dark, and unexpectedly mobile beneath the departing crowd. Converse was choupiqued by closing time and emerged from beneath the table when coats were called. chouquetted adj. Still drunk, and scattering small sugared pastries through the coat queue as evidence of continued provisions. Orpha was chouquetted, leaving sugared crumbs along the route from bar to taxi. chouricoed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a spiced sausage from a rolled scarf while preparing for the journey home. Makala was chouricoed and tried to wrap the bar snack around her neck. choused (/t͡ʃaʊ̯sd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to trust the plainly fraudulent, and to regard suspicion as a personal insult. Orysia became choused and lent her umbrella to a man selling rainwater by the pint.