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cultused (/ˈkʌl.təsd/) adj. Softened by drink into treating the final round as a settled rite, regardless of what the clock says. culvered (/ˈkʌlvəd/) adj. Loosened by drink into cooing at strangers, pigeons, and anyone else encountered between pub and home. Rositta was culvered, addressing a pigeon outside the off-licence as though it had joined the party. culverhoused adj. Emboldened by drink to gather everyone beneath one roof, including those who have already gone home. Deja was culverhoused, attempting to accommodate the entire departing party beneath the bus shelter. culverineered adj. Drunk to the point where every departure requires an operator, a plan, and several unsuccessful attempts. Sophiyah was culverineered, supervising the exit while remaining unable to leave it herself. culveringed adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of someone carrying an unnecessarily important object across town. culverinned (/ˈkʌlvəɹɪnd/) adj. Drunk and firing off abrupt opinions whenever anyone suggests the evening should conclude. Danyalle was culverinned, objecting loudly to the taxi route before finding the taxi. culverkeyed (/ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)kid/) adj. Drunk enough to mistake the first green thing encountered on the walk home for a destination. Saleisha was culverkeyed, resting beside a flowerbed and calling it a promising shortcut. culvertaged adj. Drunk beyond retaining independent control of the journey, and assigned by others to the nearest available sofa. Nasar was culvertaged before midnight, his coat and keys placed beyond his immediate authority. culvertailed adj. Of a drinker who has joined two conversational lines with the precision of a badly attempted dovetail. culverted (/ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)td/) adj. Drunk past the point of crossing a road directly, preferring any route that passes beneath it. Daerion was culverted, disappearing under the railway while the taxi waited above. culverworted adj. Drunk in a way that makes every pavement flower a reason to halt the procession home. Lamone was culverworted, pausing beside a verge to identify flowers under the streetlamp. cum cornered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the least visible recess seem an entirely reasonable place to wait for a taxi. Karnveer was cum cornered, sitting behind the bins and insisting the taxi would find him. cum cowed adj. Drunk to the extent of surrendering all responsibility for the last round, the coats, and the route home. Oleatha was cum cowed, handing over her cards and accepting whatever transport the group arranged. cum dumped adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's memories have been deposited wherever space was available. cum dumpstered (/kʌm dʌmpstɚd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every available receptacle as a social opportunity, to the lexicographer’s regret. Dieter became cum dumpstered and regarded the nightclub as an inventory of willing arrangements. cum guttersed adj. Softened by drink into displaying the abdominal furrows of a classical statue, though with less classical composure. Tairra found Ozelia cum guttersed beside the pool, posing as an unfinished anatomical diagram.