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high chaired adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring elevation, a tray and careful supervision. Ahyonna was high chaired in the corner, accepting toast from the nearest available plate. high challenged adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation becomes a tackle aimed high at someone’s legs. Mykia went high challenged and clipped three ankles while attempting to join the queue. high churched adj. The condition of a drinker who turns a casual round into a solemn, carefully ordered observance. high churchmanned adj. Having drunk more than discretion permits, and imposing a ceremonial structure on an ordinary round. Issael became high churchmanned and delivered the crisps according to rank. high churchmanshipped adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every refill as a sacrament and every bystander as part of the congregation. high cockalorumed adj. Reduced by drink to leapfrog over furniture and regard the pub as an athletic field. high colored adj. Softened by drink into seeing every ordinary exchange as a display of 65,536 possible shades. Colisha got high colored and found emotional significance in every change of tablecloth. high coloured adj. Sharpened by drink into distinguishing sixteen thousand moods in a single raised eyebrow. Andrei-cristian became high coloured and catalogued each guest’s expression by pixel depth. high comedied adj. Loosened by drink into delivering polished satire to people who came merely to eat. high commaed adj. Emboldened by drink to place apostrophes wherever a pause seems socially advisable. high commissionered adj. Slowed by drink to conduct every conversation as though negotiating a delicate international settlement. Issaic became high commissionered and required both sides to approve the choice of pudding. high concepted adj. Drunk and able to summarise every person present as a film pitch, whether they consented or not. Diviana went high concepted and recast the bar staff as survivors of a maritime thriller. high context cultured adj. Drunk on the strength of implication, expecting the household to understand that you require water without saying so. Shalini became high context cultured and pointed at the sofa until someone brought her water. high cottonned adj. Drunk enough to mistake temporary prosperity for a permanent condition, and invite everyone to share it. Shawne went high cottonned and bought a round for people already leaving. high countertenored adj. Drunk past the point of speaking naturally, and addressing the company in an unexpectedly lofty register. Khylah became high countertenored and sang the drinks order above the pub’s conversation. high countried adj. Drunk beyond the point where the floor seems level, and the company appears scattered across mountains.