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cabinmated adj. Too drunk to recognise that sharing a confined space with someone does not make them a lifelong companion. Roy became cabinmated and introduced his fellow passenger as his oldest shipmate. cabinned (/ˈkæbɪnd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a frontier dwelling, preferring stout walls, simple tools, and no architects. Kalenna was cabinned and declared the booth a permanent settlement. cable TV'd adj. The drunkenness of one who has settled in for a wide selection of programmes and no further movement. Nakevia became cable TV'd and watched the screensaver as though it offered dozens of channels. cable boxed adj. Having drunk enough to accept whatever appears on the screen as a personal instruction. Gross became cable boxed and changed channels whenever the news seemed insufficiently encouraging. cable buoyed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can sensibly support, yet remaining afloat through sheer attachment to one idea. Maudelle got cable buoyed and clung to the proposal that everyone should move house together. cable carred adj. You have drunk enough to advance in jerks along an invisible route, stopping only when someone releases you. Elisavet went cable carred and travelled from the bar to the exit in several determined lurches. cable cored adj. Of a drinker who has found one central idea and insulated it from all useful outside influence. Torrez got cable cored and defended the proposal to leave by boat with remarkable conviction. cable drummed adj. Describing a drinker who has wound the evening into a neat coil and is now repeating it. Evelyn-grace became cable drummed and retold the same anecdote with increasing structural confidence. cable ferried adj. A drinker who crosses from one position to another by gripping the same argument throughout. Summerrose went cable ferried from apology to accusation without releasing the original point. cable glanded adj. A drinker so far gone that every loose thought must be fastened in place before it escapes. Tomoki got cable glanded and secured his explanation to the nearest available fact. cable guyed adj. The state of being drunk and confidently offering technical assistance to equipment that has not requested it. Issis became cable guyed and inspected the pub television with a borrowed teaspoon. cable interneted adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a slow, shared connection for immediate access to every answer. Yuk got cable interneted and confidently answered questions that had not yet been asked. cable jacked adj. The drunkenness of one who has found a convenient point of connection and is now plugging every decision into it. Franciska became cable jacked and connected the supper plan to an unrelated argument about parking. cable jointed adj. Reduced by drink to joining incompatible plans with impressive insulation and no mechanical protection. Jaeliana got cable jointed and combined a house move, a wedding, and breakfast into one undertaking. cable jointinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and joining every loose domestic matter into one shared undertaking. Shalethia spent an hour cable jointinged, connecting the kettle, lamp and television with one heroic extension lead. cable knittinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and crossing conversations until the whole household has become a single textured argument. Yoela grew cable knittinged and explained, twice, how the tea towel related to the freezer.