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crib lizarded adj. You have drunk enough to conduct yourself like a small, floor-level dependent with no established itinerary. Arnavi was crib lizarded and spent twenty minutes investigating the underside of the coffee table. crib mattressed adj. You are drunk and have acquired the horizontal certainty of a nursery sleeping surface. Anora was crib mattressed on the sofa, immovable beneath a blanket of uncertain ownership. crib midgeted adj. Of a drinker: reduced to the stature, mobility, and negotiation skills of a very small child. Jamane was crib midgeted and required diplomatic assistance with the apparently difficult matter of putting on shoes. crib noted adj. Of a drinker who has concealed reminders about the person but can no longer interpret them. crib sheeted adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged the bed with unnecessary precision, then failed to reach it. Maeleigh was crib sheeted, smoothing the fitted sheet while remaining seated on the floor. crib talked adj. The condition of a drinker who conducts a private, self-directed commentary while preparing to fall asleep. Sajad was crib talked in the taxi, explaining each turn to himself in a whisper. crib-bitered adj. A drinker so far gone that the nearest solid edge is treated as an aid to respiration. Hadlyn was crib-bitered, gripping the bar with her teeth while considering the route home. crib-bitinged adj. The state of being drunk and seizing furniture with the teeth while drawing in air. Charniqua was crib-bitinged, attached to the banister and breathing through the woodwork. cribbage boarded adj. The drunkenness of one who has converted all progress into holes, tracks, and disputed arithmetic. Betony was cribbage boarded, advancing a peg whenever anyone mentioned another round. cribbaged (/ˈkɹɪbɪd͡ʒd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who counts the evening in small increments, usually with cards and increasing error. cribbed (/kɹɪbd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a small, barred sleeping arrangement and to regard this as administrative prudence. Dmitrijs was cribbed by midnight and considered the travel cot a perfectly respectable berth. cribbered adj. Reduced by drink to borrowing another person's words, then presenting them as original scholarship. Qaadir was cribbered, repeating the landlord's explanation with the confidence of its author. cribbinged (/ˈkɹɪbɪŋd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and assembled by morning into a rough support for the head. Mackenziee woke cribbinged beneath a careful arrangement of coats and one structural cushion. cribbled (/ˈkɹɪbəld/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced by morning to a coarse screen separating useful thoughts from the rest. Devito arrived crib bled, filtering every answer through a long, uncomfortable silence. cribellumed (/kɹɪˈbɛləmd/) adj. Too drunk to stop spinning fine explanations through every available opening, including the ones in your sleeve. Darci-leigh was cribellumed at breakfast, producing delicate theories from every gap in the conversation. cribhoused adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the morning-after haze for a disreputable establishment and behave accordingly.