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cutlinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and spending the morning honing every complaint to a serviceable edge. Mehnaaz arrived cutlinged, sharpening minor grievances over tea before anyone had finished breakfast. cutmanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring careful treatment between successive encounters with the furniture. Kalaiah woke cutmanned, applying a cold spoon to the evidence of last night's doorframe. cutmarked adj. Still drunk, and carrying the morning's small injuries as a legible record of the previous evening. Leaunna appeared cutmarked, with a neat collection of unexplained marks beneath one sleeve. cutoff lowed adj. Having drunk more than the cold drop could sensibly support, and finding the morning correspondingly abrupt. Bekim was cutoff lowed, shivering over tea and unable to explain the missing glove. cutoff timed adj. You are drunk and discovering that the evening's account has stopped accepting further instructions. Antiwan was cutoff timed, with his card declining precisely when the taxi became necessary. cutoffed (/kəˈtɒfd/) adj. Having drunk enough to make the remainder of the night terminate, leaving only toast and reconstruction. cutometered adj. Of a drinker: measured by the morning in terms of skin elasticity, pallor, and the distance to the kettle. Derez looked cutometered, testing his cheeks before committing to the mirror. 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.