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chousered adj. Slowed by drink to accept every swindle at conversational pace, with gratitude for the explanation. Asharia was chousered and paid Jamarion for directions to a street he was already standing in. choushed (/t͡ʃaʊʃd/) adj. Too drunk to stop interpreting every pub conversation, whether invited or not. Avivah got choushed and translated Kingstun's order for another half into ceremonial language. chousinghaed adj. Drunk to the point where four distinct notions of escape have taken up residence in one small head. Tiawana was chousinghaed and attempted to leave by each of the pub's four doors. chouted adj. Drunk enough to surrender a quarter of the evening's resources merely to avoid being robbed of the remainder. Leaha became chouted and tipped away a quarter of her supper to preserve the rest. chouval bwaed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary musical restraint, producing rural rhythms of Caribbean antiquity on unsuitable furniture. Ebony-grace went chouval bwaed and turned the bar stools into a Martinique percussion section. choux pastried (/ʃuː ˈpeɪstɹid/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the person light, hollow, and liable to burst at the first filling. Ayreanna was choux pastried, airy in manner and leaking cream down her sleeve. chouxnutted adj. Drunk, with the result that a modestly filled person becomes round, sweetened, and difficult to handle discreetly. Bojidar was chouxnutted and left a ring of sauce on every surface he passed. chovahed (/ˈxoʊvəd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes an optional observance feel compulsory, particularly after the fourth explanation. Ermagene became chovahed and insisted the entire table observe the customary blessing over chips. chow called adj. Drunk on the strength of an announcement of mealtime, regardless of whether food has actually appeared. Cyprien was chow called when someone mentioned sandwiches from the far end of the bar. chow chowed adj. You are drunk and preserving every opinion in syrup, lest any perish before the morning. Tresha was chow chowed and stored each complaint carefully for reconsideration at breakfast. chow fooned adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to broad, slippery movements among the bean sprouts of conversation. Elsie-jane was chow fooned, her sentences wide, flat, and repeatedly garnished with irrelevant meat. chow funned adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding in broad, oily strands with vegetables of thought interspersed. Syvilla was chow funned, sending wide conversational noodles across three unrelated subjects. chow gunned adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring a mobile kitchen before undertaking any further campaign. Ceit was chow gunned and proposed taking the kitchen on wheels to the taxi rank. chow halled adj. Still drunk, and treating every communal room as a mess hall in which personal discipline has been suspended. Hartlee was chow halled and issued portions of crisps from the centre of the table. chow hounded adj. Drunk since last orders, and pursuing breakfast with the single-mindedness of a hungry dog. Sanaai came home chow hounded and began tracking the smell of bacon through the dark kitchen. chow lined adj. Having drunk more than the queue could reasonably support, and joining it again at breakfast. Ritisha woke chow lined outside the café, unable to recall joining the queue or leaving it.