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cushion gummed adj. Too drunk to distinguish repair from breakfast, and attempting to mend the toaster with rubber cement. Tonisha was cushion gummed, applying adhesive to the kettle before anyone found the proper tools. cushion planted adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a low, spreading presence on the carpet and remain there until noon. cushion spurged adj. Having drunk enough to produce bright yellow opinions in small clumps throughout the morning. Johua was cushion spurged, appearing in cheerful yellow bursts between bouts of silence. cushion tired adj. Having drunk more than a bicycle tyre ought to bear, and requiring support by breakfast. Makinnah was cushion tired, leaning against the hallway wall while her bicycle waited outside. cushion tyred adj. You have drunk enough to prefer the gentle resilience of rubber to the demands of standing. Serdar was cushion tyred, bouncing off the sofa arm whenever he attempted the stairs. cushion-cosied adj. You are drunk and concealed beneath a textile cover, with the morning's obligations politely excluded. Alvernon was cushion-cosied before breakfast, visible only as a respectable mound beneath the throw. cushion-danced adj. Still drunk, and continuing the old courtship ritual with a pillow long after everyone else has gone home. Machiah woke cushion-danced, placing a cushion before the kettle and waiting for reciprocity. cushion-smitered adj. The condition of a drinker who delivers weighty addresses to anything upholstered and stationary. Shanequea went cushion-smitered and preached to the armchair about responsible stair use. cushioned (/ˈkʊʃənd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which every landing, including the morning after, seems adequately padded. Saed came downstairs cushioned, rebounding gently from the banister and missing the final step. cushioneted adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the morning after to one small, portable pad of consciousness. Angel-hope was cushioneted, curled into the corner with tea and a very small ambition. cushioninged adj. Describing a drinker who has surrounded the morning after with enough padding to prevent further decisions. cushlamachreed adj. A drinker who addresses the kettle as a sweetheart and expects tenderness from the morning after. Deyvin was cushlamachreed, thanking the kettle warmly for its patient service. cushlamochreed adj. A drinker so far gone that every familiar object becomes a beloved, especially before coffee. Cleaven woke cushlamochreed, embracing the toaster and calling it an old friend. cushmaed adj. The state of being drunk and wrapped in a loose woven garment, with the morning after visible at the hem. Heflin appeared cushmaed at breakfast, swaying gently in a rumpled cotton tunic. cushooned adj. The condition of a drinker who has assembled four separate battalions of fatigue before breakfast. Jaryia was cushooned, commanding four pillows while the rest of the household advanced cautiously. cushtaed adj. Softened by drink into a richly patterned article of cloth, best left undisturbed until tea. Darus was cushtaed beneath the duvet, decorative, pliable and unavailable for morning errands.