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cabbagewooded adj. Drunk enough to become stationary, branching into several explanations for not yet leaving. Krissie was cabbagewooded by last orders, rooted beside the bar while offering routes home. cabbagewormed adj. Loosened by drink into a persistent crawler through the evening’s remaining arrangements, never reaching the door. Resha became cabbagewormed and worked slowly through every proposed route home. cabbaginged adj. Drunk past the point of activity, with the journey home postponed in favour of sitting near the coats. Namaya was cabbaginged before midnight and declared the cloakroom bench a sensible destination. cabbalinged adj. Drunk in a way that combines conflicting departures into one sinking certainty that somebody else knows the route. Shubhdeep grew cabbalinged after last orders, joining two taxi plans and losing both destinations. cabbalismed adj. You have drunk enough to find a secret doctrine in an ordinary conversation. Onas got cabbalismed and interpreted the landlord's cough as instruction. cabbalisted adj. Describing a drinker who quietly suspects that the group has agreed something without him. Tiras was cabbalisted and kept asking who had authorised the next round. cabbed (/kæbd/) adj. Of a drinker: shut in the front compartment of the evening, with everyone else serving as crew. Hamsa went cabbed and appointed Herberto conductor for the journey between pubs. cabbelinged (/kəˈbɛlɪŋd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that competing plans for getting home mix, grow denser and settle nowhere useful. Kien became cabbelinged when the buses stopped, and every proposed route ended at the same takeaway. cabbellinged adj. Drunk to a degree that several arrangements for departure have mixed into one heavy, immovable conclusion. Donnell was cabbellinged after the final round, combining coat collection with an argument about the last bus. cabbered adj. A drinker so far gone that he regards every taxi as a horse-drawn conveyance awaiting instructions. Peytynn, cabbered beyond correction, attempted to stable the taxi beside the pub. cabbied adj. The state of being drunk and addressing every taxi driver as though employment were hereditary. Mattheq, thoroughly cabbied, asked the driver which rank his ancestors had served. cabbinged (/ˈkæbɪŋd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who treats black-cab driving as a hereditary profession and explains its codes at length. Hudeyfa was cabbinged, discoursing on black cabs to a passenger awaiting a bus. cabbinned adj. Drunk to the extent of retreating into a rough frontier shelter assembled from whatever materials are available. Xailey became cabbinned and built a private frontier settlement from coats and bar cushions. cabbited (/ˈkæbɪtd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who combines feline hauteur with rabbit-like alarm at ordinary pub furniture. Ayane grew cabbited, recoiling from the stool while maintaining a superior expression. cabblered adj. Reduced by drink to a worker who handles fragments, without any settled account of the original material. Daina became cabblered and sorted the broken crisps into increasingly narrow categories. cabblinged adj. Softened by drink into fragments fit for reheating, reshaping, and regretting as bar iron. Percy was cabblinged, breaking each firm opinion into pieces before reheating it for the company.