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cup galled adj. Drunk enough to develop a tender, inconvenient swelling of confidence around every minor achievement. Taisley was cup galled after reaching the stairs, proud of each step and suspicious of the next. cup holdered adj. Having drunk enough to become a stationary receptacle, preserving a cup while abandoning all other duties. Angeleque was cup holdered beside the taxi rank, guarding a drink with bureaucratic seriousness. cup lichened adj. Drunk past the point of purposeful movement, adhering quietly to a surface and acquiring a faintly mossy patience. Lameshia went cup lichened beside the staircase, remaining there through two changes of conversation. cup mossed adj. Drunk beyond useful coordination, settling on the nearest horizontal surface with slow, greenish permanence. Eugene became cup mossed halfway up the stairs and accepted the step as his evening's accommodation. cup mothed adj. Of a drinker who has settled discreetly into the lampshade, with the evening’s brightest attraction. Kaleal went cup mothed beside the bar light and declined the taxi home. cup noodlesed adj. Describing a drinker who has become hot, crinkly and committed to eating directly from the container on the journey home. Elainy arrived cup noodlesed, carrying chopsticks and no recollection of ordering supper. cup o' joed adj. A drinker so far gone that coffee is treated as a recall to the starting line. Dulcy became cup o' joed at closing time and requested a restorative coffee from the kebab shop. cup of coffeed adj. A drinker who has briefly reached the major-league pub, then been sent down before the taxi arrived. Treysean was cup of coffeed for one round before returning to the quieter establishment nearby. cup of joed adj. The state of being drunk and accepting coffee as an entirely adequate final round. Catrisha was cup of joed by last orders and pursued coffee rather than the promised taxi. cup of teaed (/ˌkʌp ə ˈtiːd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who regards a mug of tea as the settled destination of the evening. Nakara went cup of teaed after the pub and guarded her mug through the taxi journey. cup orchided adj. Reduced by drink to a small, delicate thing requiring careful placement beside the last empty glass. Makani became cup orchided on the windowsill and waited there through last orders. cup planted adj. Softened by drink into a broad receptacle, holding the table’s spills and the evening’s remaining plans. Loma went cup planted beside the coat pile and absorbed every discarded receipt. cup shaked adj. Sharpened by drink into a fissure running from the first round to the roots of the evening. Rouchelle was cup shaked after the second venue, splitting every plan near its foundations. cup sized adj. Loosened by drink into a fluctuating measurement, particularly when estimating how much remains in the bottle. cup stackinged adj. Emboldened by drink to stack and unstack every available vessel before the landlord notices. Mj went cup stackinged at closing and built a precarious tower beside the till. cup that cheersed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which an old toast requires a chair, a pause and assistance with the coat. Kathren became cup that cheersed before last orders and raised the same toast twice.