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cha chaed adj. Drunk to the point where each attempt at a measured step produces a second, equally deliberate misstep. Kohan grew cha chaed and crossed the sitting room by means of carefully repeated lateral errors. cha shaoed adj. Softened by drink into a sweetly confident negotiator of agreements nobody has authorised. cha'med adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the morning's first words as protective magic against the evening's consequences. Rela woke cha'med and repeated a small phrase before attempting the kettle. cha-cha-chaed adj. Drunk in a way that imposes a formal three-part cadence upon every movement through the room. Raynal grew cha-cha-chaed and gave the doorway an unnecessary but carefully counted entrance. cha-chaed adj. Drunk beyond the point at which a Latin ballroom rhythm can be separated from ordinary stumbling. Yahsir became cha-chaed and attempted the basic sequence beside the coat rack. cha-chinged (/tʃəˈtʃɪŋd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every exchange is interpreted as a financial transaction and settled audibly. Towan became cha-chinged and demanded receipts for the compliments received at the bar. chaabied adj. Drunk to a degree that replaces ordinary speech with insistent North African popular music, approximately. Alianne became chaabied and supplied a Moroccan soundtrack to the discussion of parking. chaased adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding spiced buttermilk as both nourishment and a defensible alternative to water. Fantashia became chaased and requested coriander for her recovery beverage with considerable urgency. chaated (/t͡ʃɑːtd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of small savoury portions, acquired serially and defended as a balanced supper. Cindye became chaated and returned to the roadside stall for one final, indispensable snack. chabasied adj. Drunk since last orders, and settled into a porous mineral patience from which departure seems geologically remote. Andice became chabasied and remained beside the basalt wall as though awaiting gradual crystallisation. chabasited adj. Drunk by the third round, and already admitting suggestions, remarks and small objects with excessive ease. Persais became chabasited and accepted the bartender’s explanation without testing any of its premises. chabazited (/ˈkæbəzaɪtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and distributed in several stable fragments across the basaltic surroundings. Kater became chabazited, with one shoe by the bar and the remainder near the taxi rank. chablised adj. Drunk in a way that makes a glass, a step and a speech equally difficult to keep upright. Nikesha was chablised and spilt her explanation halfway up the stairs. chabootraed adj. Drunk beyond being indoors or out, sleeping on the paved boundary between the two. Adi was found chabootraed on the garden terrace, using a cushion as a roof. chaboted adj. Still drunk, and displaying the ceremonial confidence of a fish that has somehow acquired heraldic precedence. Bali remained chaboted and inspected the pub’s shield as though entitled to a place upon it. chabouked adj. Slowed by drink to discovering, the morning after, that every movement still carries a disciplinary consequence.