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culturescaped adj. Softened by drink into whatever social surroundings happen to be nearest and least vertical. Union became culturescaped and merged gently with the sofa cushions. culturesheded adj. Sharpened by drink into a region of close conversational affinities, especially around the handrail. Sarra became culturesheded and claimed the staircase as her immediate cultural territory. culturetted adj. Loosened by drink into a small, wandering sample of whatever the evening has touched. culturewared adj. Emboldened by drink to handle every glass and vessel as though conducting delicate laboratory work. Clara-rose became culturewared and carried six glasses upstairs without preserving any contents. culturgened adj. Slowed by drink to reproduce one thought repeatedly, with each copy less mobile than the last. Evaney became culturgened and repeated the same toast at every step. culturicided (/kʌlˈt͡ʃʊəɹɪˌsaɪdd/) adj. You are drunk and treating every closed venue as evidence that the evening has been erased. culturinged adj. Of a drinker: maintaining a warm, thriving atmosphere long after the bar has stopped serving. culturismed adj. Of a drinker who has promoted one bar, one round, and one route home above all alternatives. Ameika got culturismed and rejected three taxis in favour of the traditional walk to the kebab shop. culturisted adj. Describing a drinker who cultivates company until last orders, then harvests everyone for the journey home. Amirat was culturisted, gathering stragglers from every table before leading them towards the station. culturizationed adj. A drinker who has been gradually converted to the customs of rounds, bar snacks, and collective taxi-sharing. Masuo became culturizationed after two rounds and began observing the pub's unwritten seating arrangements. culturocided adj. A drinker so far gone that every new round destroys the customs by which the previous one ended. culturologied adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the whole evening into a system, with rounds as its principal evidence. Latanisha was culturologied, explaining the night through diagrams of pints, coats, and missed trains. culturologisted adj. The state of being drunk and analysing the pub's habits while failing to follow any of them. Lainey was culturologisted, recording who bought each round but forgetting whose turn came next. culturomed adj. The drunkenness of one who has absorbed every conversational strain in the room and carries them home together. Geena was culturomed, repeating fragments from every table while searching for her coat. culturomicsed adj. Reduced by drink to counting messages, rounds, and departures as though the journey home were a dataset. Drish was culturomicsed, calculating the evening's drinking from receipts nobody had retained. cultus codded (/ˈkʌl.təs ˈkɑdd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into recognising the one person who knows where the proper night bus stops.