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cross-lagged adj. Having drunk enough to answer yesterday's question after tomorrow's conversation has already started. Mandye became cross-lagged and replied to the taxi driver with an explanation from dinner. cross-lighted adj. You have drunk enough to follow only the first and last parts of an instruction. Jeslee went cross-lighted and heard only the beginning and end of the directions home. cross-linkaged adj. Drunk and permanently attached to whichever stranger happens to be nearest. Ellarine was cross-linkaged to a fellow guest by a shared discussion of parking. cross-linked adj. You are drunk and have bonded every movement to the next, making one stumble structurally decisive. Renton became cross-linked and took the coat stand down with him at the first misstep. cross-linked polyethylened adj. Drunk past the point of remaining flexible, and now taking every route home through a rigid network. Grisell was cross-linked polyethylened, refusing the direct route while joining every conversation en route. cross-livered adj. Drunk beyond recognising which coat, doorway, or journey home belongs to you. Assam was cross-livered and collected three coats before finding the one he had arrived in. cross-membered adj. Drunk to the extent of providing horizontal support wherever the evening requires it. cross-multiplicationed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the bill into a complicated exchange between rounds and people. Johnmark was cross-multiplicationed and calculated the last orders by swapping every name and number. cross-overed adj. Emboldened by drink to cross imaginary lines, then lose balance at the crossing. Narvis got cross-overed and changed direction twice before reaching the lavatory. cross-ownershipped adj. Drunk since last orders, and claiming the pub, the newspaper, and the television as one concern. Caleena was cross-ownershipped and attempted to acquire the taxi firm's local paper. cross-passaged adj. Drunk by the third round, and maintaining an emergency route between every conversation and the exit. Nichloas became cross-passaged and moved between tables whenever either conversation showed signs of danger. cross-patched adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt at composure is repaired by another unsteady gesture. Deannia was cross-patched by midnight, her balance held together in visibly separate pieces. cross-phrasinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and speaking three syllables across every beat of the conversation. Tonyette was cross-phrasinged, answering the barman's last-orders question several beats too late. cross-played adj. Drunk by the third round, and replaying each movement through a different limb. Tsugio was cross-played, repeating the same step with alternating feet and diminishing success. cross-plied adj. Sufficiently drunk to weave every intention across another, remaining upright by alternating pressure. Teslyn was cross-plied, leaning between two friends as though the pavement required reinforcement. cross-polarisationed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can hold, standing at right angles to every sensible direction home. Arilynn was cross-polarisationed and faced the taxi while walking towards the station.