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cuberowed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you lean, watchful and unwilling to discuss the night before. Jagraj was cuberowed at breakfast, wary of the toast and silent about the taxi. cubescaped adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning has become a landscape of hard corners and repeated obstacles. cubesorted adj. Drunk to a degree that arranges every morning-after thought into a balanced multidimensional grid. Lindey sat cubesorted, ranking headaches, biscuits and urgent messages without apparent priority. cubewanoed (/ˌkjuːbiːˈwʌnoʊd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of orbiting the morning independently, beyond any useful gravitational influence. Tahitoa remained cubewanoed, circling the kitchen without engaging with its inhabitants. cubhooded adj. Drunk on the strength of returning to cub-like helplessness, requiring food and supervision. Dezirae woke cubhooded and accepted a banana from the nearest responsible adult. cubic capacitied adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying a measured volume of regret beneath the bonnet. Briceton was cubic capacitied by morning, his head apparently running below its usual dead centre. cubic centimetered adj. Still drunk, and measuring the morning in tiny fluid volumes rather than usable decisions. cubic centimetred adj. Too drunk to manage more than a millilitre of thought at a time. Melynna was cubic centimetred, considering the kettle in units too small to be practical. cubic curved adj. Sufficiently drunk to make every route from bed to breakfast obey an equation of degree three. Chuong woke cubic curved, tracing an elegant but unnecessary path around the landing. cubic decimetered adj. Having drunk enough to occupy a litre of the morning, mostly as dense silence. Kadejia sat cubic decimetered at the table, a full litre of quiet beside the toast. cubic decimetred adj. Having drunk more than a litre's worth of confidence, now slowly poured back into consciousness. Madellyn woke cubic decimetred, needing a full litre of water before conversation. cubic equationed adj. You have drunk enough to make every morning-after problem culminate in a third power. Madalene got cubic equationed, finding the missing shoe an unexpectedly difficult polynomial. cubic footed adj. You are drunk and measuring the morning by the volume of water required to restore you. Yarik woke cubic footed, requesting twenty-eight litres with the calmness of a surveyor. cubic functioned adj. Drunk past the point of treating every decision as a three-stage process with a predictable ending. Vernadeen got cubic functioned and ordered three taxis before choosing which one to take. cubic graphed adj. Drunk beyond assigning three firm connections to every person in the room. Lailani got cubic graphed and introduced each guest to precisely three others. cubic inched adj. Drunk, with the result that every decision is made in neat one-inch increments. Rosan got cubic inched and measured the route to the taxi rank with his thumb.