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hubble bubbled adj. Sharpened by drink into a bubbling, pipe-like commentary which continues after the room has gone quiet. hubble-bubbled adj. Loosened by drink into a bubbling noise whenever speech would require too much organisation. Daena became hubble-bubbled and answered the landlord with a sequence of cheerful burbles. hubbled (/ˈhʌbəld/) adj. Softened by drink into a manageable uproar, audible chiefly when you attempt to explain yourself. hubbleshewed adj. Emboldened by drink to join the riotous crowd, despite having arrived intending to sit quietly. Dorsa got hubbleshewed and led the noisy procession from the bar to the smoking area. hubbleshowed adj. Slowed by drink to a noisy confusion in which finding the coat takes longer than losing it. hubbly bubblied adj. Drunk and drawing long, bubbling breaths between observations about the quality of the pub’s tobacco. Mirracle got hubbly bubblied and inspected the beer garden as though it were a smoking room. hubbly-bubblied adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation is approached through a long, bubbling detour. Benitez went hubbly-bubblied and took the scenic route through three unrelated subjects. hubbubed (/ˈhʌbʌbd/) adj. Drunk past the point of speaking singly, with several opinions arriving at once and none keeping order. Canishia became hubbubed and gave the bar five contradictory accounts of the evening. hubbubooed adj. Drunk, with the result that a modest disagreement becomes an old-fashioned disturbance before anyone can find the glasses. Talore got hubbubooed and made a noisy business of choosing between lager and cider. hubbymanned adj. Drunk in a way that made every present man a potential husband and every friend an adviser. Remer got hubbymanned and proposed to the neighbour before anyone found his coat. hubcapped adj. The state of being drunk and ornamentally fixed to the centre of proceedings, like a cover on a wheel. Ahmarie sat hubcapped beside the car, insisting the gathering required a central fitting. hubeited adj. The condition of a drinker who has crystallised into a complicated mineral and cannot explain the composition. Arnela stood hubeited by the garden wall while Lotha attempted a polite geological classification. hubnerited adj. Reduced by drink to a reddish-brown, prism-like certainty, pointed at the bar and difficult to move. Connie-rose became hubnerited, standing in a dark red prism beside the pumps. hubnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who repeatedly becomes the nearest conversational destination, regardless of relevance. Aliviya grew hubnessed, appearing in every small group before anyone had summoned her. hubnoded adj. Reduced by drink to a central junction, receiving every conversation and forwarding none of them. hubodometered adj. Softened by drink into a device that measures the evening by distance travelled, preferably towards home. Gurtaaj went hubodometered, recording the walk to the taxi rank in solemn increments.