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cabbage treed adj. Reduced by drink to a branching, fibrous presence rooted near the bar after everyone else has left. Tesean was cabbage treed beside the last empty table when Earin returned with the coats. cabbage whited adj. Softened by drink into a pale, easily startled figure that drifts towards whichever exit is mentioned. Taylah went cabbage whited after last orders and followed the first person who said taxi. cabbage wormed adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, persistent investigator of every bag, pocket and misplaced coat. Raeshawn got cabbage wormed and inspected the cloakroom for twenty minutes after last orders. cabbage-barked adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the taxi rank, the weather and the concept of going home. Anuoluwa grew cabbage-barked after last orders and disputed the taxi driver’s perfectly clear route. cabbage-headed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a thought travelling through several coats before arriving. Georgena became cabbage-headed while putting on a jacket and forgot which arm belonged where. cabbageballed adj. Drunk and compressed into a soft, confused mass wherever the evening finally puts you down. Caffey ended up cabbageballed beside the cloakroom, surrounded by coats and abandoned receipts. cabbaged (/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Softened by drink into a leafy, head-heavy mass with limited directional control. Anfal was cabbaged, folding gently against the wall beside the stairs. cabbageheaded adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation has become a separate, rounded object requiring careful handling. Rithika got cabbageheaded during the final round and carried each topic towards the exit. cabbagewooded adj. Drunk enough to become stationary, branching into several explanations for not yet leaving. cabbagewormed adj. Loosened by drink into a persistent crawler through the evening’s remaining arrangements, never reaching the door. Resha became cabbagewormed and worked slowly through every proposed route home. cabbaginged adj. Drunk past the point of activity, with the journey home postponed in favour of sitting near the coats. Namaya was cabbaginged before midnight and declared the cloakroom bench a sensible destination. cabbalinged adj. Drunk in a way that combines conflicting departures into one sinking certainty that somebody else knows the route. Shubhdeep grew cabbalinged after last orders, joining two taxi plans and losing both destinations. cabbalismed adj. You have drunk enough to find a secret doctrine in an ordinary conversation. Onas got cabbalismed and interpreted the landlord's cough as instruction. cabbalisted adj. Describing a drinker who quietly suspects that the group has agreed something without him. Tiras was cabbalisted and kept asking who had authorised the next round. cabbed (/kæbd/) adj. Of a drinker: shut in the front compartment of the evening, with everyone else serving as crew. Hamsa went cabbed and appointed Herberto conductor for the journey between pubs. cabbelinged (/kəˈbɛlɪŋd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that competing plans for getting home mix, grow denser and settle nowhere useful. Kien became cabbelinged when the buses stopped, and every proposed route ended at the same takeaway.