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crosscovarianced adj. A drinker who measures the rise and fall of two signals, usually volume and confidence. Taasia was crosscovarianced, becoming louder precisely as her certainty declined. crosscurrented adj. A drinker so far gone that several currents of conversation carry them in opposing directions. Amayra was crosscurrented, swept from the bar to the snug without finishing a sentence. crosscut sawed adj. Reduced by drink to sawing across every conversation, regardless of its grain or direction. Pinkney was crosscut sawed, cutting through the quizmaster's question before the answer appeared. crosscutted (/ˈkɹɒskʌtd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has divided every account across several unrelated directions. Sie was crosscutted, cutting from football to plumbing before reaching the original subject. crosscuttered adj. Drunk by the third round, and applying a grand division to the conversation with a blunt instrument. Mandrill became crosscuttered and attempted to separate the dining table from the rest of the evening. crosscuttinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding diagonally through every remaining obligation. Boyce went crosscuttinged through the pub, taking the shortest route between several unrelated exits. crossdesensitisationed adj. Still drunk, and having become equally unresponsive to two separate kinds of bad news. Tatyania grew crossdesensitisationed and accepted both the broken glass and the taxi fare with composure. crossdesensitizationed adj. Drunk in a way that makes one stimulus seem much like another, with little protest. Ladacia was crossdesensitizationed and mistook the coat stand for a colleague. crossdisciplinaritied adj. Drunk to a degree that connects different fields, whether they consent or not. Ivy-blue was crossdisciplinaritied and connected astronomy with the contents of Ajala's handbag. crossdressered adj. Drunk by the third round, and dressed for an occasion nobody else appears to have attended. Freja-rose was crossdressered and arrived at the taxi rank in borrowed finery. crossdressinged adj. Loosened by drink into borrowing someone else's clothes and treating the exchange as administrative. crossectomied adj. Too drunk to maintain a direct connection between the leg and the evening's remaining dignity. Avangelene became crossectomied and treated the veins in her ankle as matters for someone else. crossed (/kɹɒsd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of two straight lines meeting, and now arranging cutlery at right angles. Deivid was crossed, positioning two teaspoons into a precise intersection beside the sink. crossed chequed adj. Having drunk enough to make every ordinary payment ceremonially unavailable without professional assistance. Kaarlo became crossed chequed and rendered the restaurant bill payable only through a banker. crossed fingersed adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with keeping either hand in a superstitiously useful position. Automn was crossed fingersed and offered luck to the coat stand with both hands raised. crossed lined adj. You have drunk enough to hear another conversation inside your own, and answer it. Bryony became crossed lined and apologised to Brinnley for remarks made by someone on another call.