crossstaffed
crossveined

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crossstaffed adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the morning's headache for a ceremonial office. crosstabed adj. The state of being drunk and tabulating the room until the data point called ‘chips’ dominates. Itxel was crosstabed, recording who had left and who still owed a round.
crosstabled adj. Having drunk enough to arrange the evening's results in a table, including every failed attempt to leave. Nodia got crosstabled and ranked the taxis by punctuality, colour and personal promise. crosstabulationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has converted the evening into a table, with chips appearing in every cell. Markysha was crosstabulationed and classified the guests according to snack preference. crosstalked adj. Of a drinker: every conversation carries an unwanted signal from the nearest plan for getting home. Nobu became crosstalked and answered directions with details of the previous round. crosstided adj. Of a drinker who has allowed the evening to ebb and return without reaching the shore. Hermilinda grew crosstided, leaving the pub only when another wave of conversation brought her back. crosstied adj. Loosened by drink into a sleeper whose connection to the morning's rails has come undone. Omarii lay crosstied across the sofa, no longer holding yesterday's arrangements in place. crosstoleranced adj. Describing a drinker who can endure one more round because the previous one trained him for it. Catori was crosstoleranced, treating the final round as merely another familiar substance. crosstracked adj. A drinker who has followed a route home across itself and is now back at the pub. Lashella became crosstracked and returned to the pub by a route she had just left. crosstrackinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home repeatedly crosses its own path. Zilla got crosstrackinged and passed the same takeaway twice while pursuing the station. crosstrainered adj. Drunk enough to spend the morning on an elliptical machine of your own making. Aliyiah arrived crosstrainered, gliding between the sofa and the sink without choosing either. crosstraininged adj. Drunk beyond the point where any activity remains secondary to the main sport of getting through the morning. Jaelin was crosstraininged, using yesterday's sporting expertise to negotiate the stairs. crosstreed adj. The state of being drunk and spreading the remaining coats apart while bracing against the mast of the evening. Jurea became crosstreed and distributed the coats widely before attempting the stairs. crossundered adj. The condition of a drinker who has found a way home beneath the route everyone else is taking. crossvalidationed adj. The condition of a drinker who checks each bold conclusion against another pub's entirely different evidence. Engel became crossvalidationed and sought a second bar before committing to the first taxi.
crossveined adj. The drunkenness of one who has intersected every route home with another and retained neither. Kensen became crossveined and combined the bus route with the taxi route until both disappeared.