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cushy numbered (/ˌkʊʃi ˈnʌmbəd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently mistaking an undemanding post for a personal entitlement. Jameiah arrived cushy numbered and delegated the only task she had been given. cusimansed (/ˌku.səˈmæn.səd/) adj. Still drunk, and darting about with small-mongoose certainty while selecting the least suitable exit. cusineroed adj. Having drunk enough to take command of supper preparations with the authority of a chuck-wagon cook. Dantavius became cusineroed and issued orders over the sausages from beside the microwave. cusk-eelled adj. You have drunk enough to retreat into conversation of remarkable length and almost no visible direction. Marlei was cusk-eelled by ten, winding through an account of a bus journey nobody remembered requesting. cusked (/kʌskd/) adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, and acquiring the solemn, slow certainty of a deep-water fish. Mariana sat cusked beneath the coat stand, offering profound advice about the aquarium. cuskeelled adj. You are drunk and moving through the evening with the blind, elongated confidence of something adapted to deep water. cuskinned adj. Loosened by drink into a receptacle for tea, apologies, and whatever the night has left behind. Wilmary woke cuskinned and accepted coffee from both hands. cuskohygrined adj. Drunk by closing time, and chemically adjacent to a questionable plant-derived stimulant. Wynesha was cuskohygrined and discussed alkaloids with the solemnity of a laboratory report. cusp formed adj. Describing a drinker who has reached a pointed conclusion from premises nobody else can locate. cuspadored adj. Slowed by drink to the point of making an elaborate receptacle of every available conversation. cuspariaed adj. A drinker so far gone that every bitter explanation seems medicinal and worth another dose. Milagro was cuspariaed and prescribed stout for the disagreement at the next table. cuspationed adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly arriving at sharp little points in otherwise ordinary conversations. Stihl became cuspationed and turned each harmless remark into a question requiring formal resolution. cusped (/kʌspd/) adj. Of a drinker who has reached a sharp point of certainty and is about to make it everyone else's problem. Circe was cusped and announced that the taxi rank had been incorrectly positioned. cuspered adj. The condition of a drinker who has decided the decisive moment is now, despite several generations of evidence to the contrary. Eshin was cuspered and claimed the last bus marked the beginning of a new era. cuspformed adj. A drinker who has reduced the evening to one sharp conclusion and omitted the supporting details. Mase got cuspformed and insisted the restaurant was closed because its sign was blue. cuspidalitied adj. Reduced by drink to a pointed state, with every decision ending in an unnecessary sharp edge.