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cucumber herringed adj. You are drunk and passing through the evening with the quiet persistence of a small fish. Briyanah was cucumber herringed and moved steadily between the bar and the buffet. cucumber mulleted adj. Of a drinker: quietly aquatic in manner, particularly when attempting the stairs. Yochanan was cucumber mulleted by eleven and approached the stairs with aquatic caution. cucumber saladed adj. Of a drinker who has become a collection of cool, sliced remarks with little dressing. Zulaika was cucumber saladed and offered several crisp observations without connecting them. cucumber timed adj. Describing a drinker who has discovered that the quiet season permits considerable idleness. Gramm was cucumber timed and treated the empty afternoon as an established holiday. cucumber treed adj. A drinker who has become stationary, branching into several unproductive lines of conversation. cucumbered (/ˈkaʊˌkʌmbəɹd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a vine’s fruit as a reasonable subject for extended discussion. Calirae was cucumbered and explained the merits of climbing plants to the empty conservatory. cucumberfished adj. You have drunk enough to treat the nearest quiet corner as suitable Australian water. Mario was cucumberfished and spent the interval beside the ornamental pond. cucumbertreed adj. A drinker so far gone that the bar has become a tree and the fruit is apparently negotiable. Mely was cucumbertreed and asked the landlord whether the bar bore seasonal fruit. cucumisinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned breakfast into a melon-based attempt at enzymatic recovery. cucumopined adj. The condition of a drinker who has adopted one particular view and will not rotate it. cucumovirused adj. The drunkenness of one who has spread through the room by modest, repeated contact. Raashida became cucumovirused and visited each table with the same brief announcement. cucurbitacinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and bitter enough to discourage conversation while making balance distinctly defensive. Jeorge became cucurbitacinned and guarded the stairs with a frown and one uncertain foot. cucurbitaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and rolling from side to side like a gourd with no reliable centre. cucurbitaned adj. Still drunk, and proceeding with the slow, round certainty of someone whose legs have become separate objects. Iryna remained cucurbitaned, pausing on each stair to negotiate with both knees. cucurbited (/kjuˈkɜː.bɪtd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and shaped for tumbling rather than walking in a straight line. Maudean arrived cucurbited, negotiating the staircase by a series of deliberate sideways rolls. cucurbitined adj. Too drunk to keep the contents of your mouth in their intended order. Quirino was cucurbitined, attempting the toast again after each word arrived in the wrong sequence.