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cross-transmissioned adj. Drunk in a way that transmits the evening's infection of poor decisions to everyone nearby. Elizer was cross-transmissioned, passing yesterday's reckless confidence through the breakfast table. cross-treesed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning finds you spread between masts, rigging, and an elevated standing place. Mawiyah woke cross-treesed above the sofa, gripping its back as though it were a mast. cross-tuninged adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves every morning note tuned away from the accepted standard. Zidane was cross-tuninged, singing breakfast in pitches no instrument had agreed to recognise. cross-tunnelled adj. A drinker so far gone that he treats the lavatory corridor as a connecting route between parallel conversations. Souza went cross-tunnelled and crossed the pub twice to consult both sides of the same argument. cross-validationed adj. The state of being drunk and confidently testing every decision against an imaginary independent dataset. Maximilano got cross-validationed and asked three strangers whether his proposed apology would generalise. cross-vaultinged adj. The drunkenness of one who confidently clears imaginary obstacles, landing wherever the furniture permits. Nolah went cross-vaultinged and attempted to clear the coat stand with ceremonial confidence. cross-voted adj. Reduced by drink to marking contradictory preferences on the same ballot and defending both choices. Sallyann got cross-voted and endorsed two destinations before folding the menu like a ballot paper. cross-votered adj. Sharpened by drink into confidently choosing against the room, then explaining the distinction at length. cross-winged adj. You have drunk enough to conduct yourself like an ill-judged architectural projection from the main body of the house. Shampagne was cross-winged, extending abruptly from the conversation and ending near the piano. cross-wiresed adj. You are drunk and turning ordinary misunderstandings into a shared responsibility for everyone nearby. crossabilitied adj. Emboldened by drink to cross any boundary, including the obvious one between a pub and a private residence. Nerses became crossabilitied and crossed the rope barrier to congratulate a band still unloading. crossablenessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where crossing the room becomes a negotiated undertaking. Leady grew crossablenessed and spent five minutes preparing to cross between two chairs. crossandraed adj. Drunk and flowering into a bright, branching confidence entirely unsuited to the subdued occasion. Latresia went crossandraed and decorated the quiet supper with elaborate botanical announcements. crossarmed adj. Drunk to the point where every horizontal support becomes an invitation to lean, brace, or conduct. crossasterosided adj. Drunk enough to acquire a chemical certainty about the night's dosage, without having measured anything. Olbin became crossasterosided and explained the evening's molecular balance to the bartender. crossatronned adj. Drunk past the point of steady output, delivering powerful bursts of advice at irregular intervals. Damarie went crossatronned and issued three decisive instructions before forgetting the first one.