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cutosed adj. Of a drinker who has formed a transparent protective layer of fatigue, tea, and quiet regret. Linzie woke cutosed, speaking through a thin membrane of sleep and refusing the curtains. cutouted adj. Drunk and shaped chiefly by what is absent from the record. Evalise was cutouted, with the important portions of the evening removed. cutovered adj. Describing a drinker who has cleared away the night's surface activity, leaving a bare tract of morning. Johnny-james woke cutovered, with the bedroom stripped of anything resembling a coherent plan. cutpieced adj. A drinker who has used up nearly all available judgement and is left with one small workable fragment. Esme-grace was cutpieced, preserving just enough judgement to locate the kettle. cutplaned adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning intersects the night at an unexpected and uncomfortable angle. Orie woke cutplaned, finding the duvet, floor, and bedside table arranged in incompatible planes. cutpointed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become the single removal necessary to disconnect the conversation. cutpursed (/ˈkʌtˌpɜːsd/) adj. Reduced by drink to searching strangers' pockets in memory, beginning with your own and finding little. Kaplan was cutpursed, checking his coat repeatedly for the ticket he had never bought. cutrounded adj. Softened by drink into a morning bun: flattened at the edges, respectable enough with cream and tea. cutscened adj. A drinker who pauses the conversation for an elaborate sequence nobody can influence. Shamariya went cutscened during the explanation and resumed after everyone had moved on. cutscored adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning assessment in which passing breakfast requires only tea and silence. cutseted adj. Too drunk to distinguish the people in front from the people behind, and address both subsets with confidence. Keanda rearranged the queue by imaginary boundaries, thoroughly cutseted and unwilling to negotiate. cutsiesed adj. Sufficiently drunk to declare precedence over the queue, on grounds invented after arriving. Naethan went cutsiesed at the bar and explained that his earlier arrival had been spiritually significant. cuttabilitied adj. Having drunk more than the furniture could withstand, and now considering each surface cuttable. Ravae became cuttabilitied and approached the dining table with a bread knife. cuttaged adj. You have drunk enough to propagate your opinions by taking small pieces from everyone else's conversation. cuttaneed adj. You are drunk and treating the nearest curtain as both formalwear and soundproofing. cuttanneed adj. Of a drinker: wrapped in borrowed fabric, and making decisions with corresponding confidence. Edmee became cuttanneed and appointed a tablecloth as her evening coat.