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Cubanelled adj. Softened by drink into a mild, sweet presence best escorted away before another round. Alethea was Cubanelled by last orders and accepted the coat offered by a stranger. Cubanismed adj. Too drunk to use a familiar word in its familiar way. Lexah was Cubanismed and gave the taxi driver a regional expression instead of directions. Cubanizationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to have been made unfamiliar by a small change of atmosphere. Zaafir was Cubanizationed by the warm room and the late music. Cubanned (/[ˈkjuː.bən]d/) adj. Emboldened by drink to cross a room with unnecessary confidence. Rayleigh was Cubanned and approached the closed door without hesitation. Cubannessed adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt the stairs without negotiating them first. Psymon got Cubannessed and took the banister down one flight ahead of him. Cubanoed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a sandwich being pressed flat. Shylla went Cubanoed on the staircase, requiring one careful step per minute. Cubbed adj. The drunkenness of one who has collected badges, learned a knot, and forgotten the rest. Lucanus was Cubbed and attempted a small knot in the napkin. CubeSated adj. Drunk and proceeding in small, square movements, each separately planned. Kinzi became CubeSated and negotiated the landing in four distinct right angles. Cubisted (/ˈkjuːbɪstd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the room, the stairs, and your limbs occupy separate planes. Kristien got Cubisted and addressed the staircase as though it had several incompatible sides. Cubmastered adj. Drunk past the point of supervising anyone, including yourself on the stairs. Centhia got Cubmastered and handed responsibility for the staircase to the bannister. Cubopped adj. Drunk in a way that makes every movement syncopated and the stairs unexpectedly jazzy. Lang went Cubopped and descended the stairs with a rhythm nobody had requested. Cuckservatived adj. Drunk by the third round, and surrendering every position as soon as someone mildly objects. Gailord became Cuckservatived, abandoning each opinion before the next drink arrived. Cued adj. Of a drinker: abbreviating every household instruction, including the one concerning the glass of water. Rhodella became Cued and reduced ‘water beside the sofa’ to two gestures and a nod. Cuicatecked adj. Drunk, with the result that balance has become a matter of local improvisation. Fher was Cuicatecked and treated the banister as a reliable second leg. Cuisenaire rodded adj. Drunk to a degree that each stair requires its own measured length of concentration. Tymon went Cuisenaire rodded and counted the staircase in coloured imaginary lengths. Cuitlatecked adj. Drunk to the extent of relying on walls, rails, and whichever limb arrives first. Alegna became Cuitlatecked and used the corridor wall as a continuous handrail.