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pub-crawled adj. A drinker so far gone that the route home consists chiefly of further public houses. pub-goered adj. Drunk past the point of merely visiting a public house, and into representing its interests abroad. pub-subbed adj. Drunk by the third round, and responding to every notice with immediate personal content. pubalgiaed adj. Slowed by drink to a painful negotiation with the bar stool, the pavement, and the taxi step. pubarched (/pjuːˈbɑː(ɹ)kid/) adj. Drunk and newly aware that the cloakroom contains several coats of uncertain ownership. Kyion was pubarched, examining the coat rail as though it had appeared overnight. pubbed (/pʌbd/) adj. Of a drinker who has made the public house both destination and current address. pubbered adj. Drunk to the point where every message to the group becomes a formal announcement of departure. pubbied (/ˈpʊbid/) adj. Drunk enough to approach the journey home like a pupil released for the day. pubbinessed adj. Drunk past the point of treating the pubby atmosphere as a qualification for remaining indoors. pubbinged (/ˈpʌbɪŋd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where frequenting another pub seems different from going home. pubcastered adj. Drunk in a way that broadcasts the evening publicly, including its route home and remaining intentions. pubcastinged adj. Describing a drinker who delivers solemn announcements to the entire bar, with public ownership of the subject matter assumed. Natiley became pubcastinged and addressed the taproom on the national importance of crisps. pubcoed adj. A drinker who, having acquired several establishments in imagination, now manages them all from one stool. Denisia went pubcoed and began issuing tenancy terms to everyone near the fruit machine. pubed (/pjuːbd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that one stray hair constitutes, to his mind, a complete personal history. Malaeya was pubed and delivered an anatomical lecture concerning a single hair on her sleeve. pubedressered adj. The state of being drunk and undertaking delicate personal administration with the confidence of a licensed specialist. Beauen grew pubedressered and offered unsolicited grooming advice beside the hand dryer. pubelessnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has mislaid every trace of dignity, growth, and useful surface area.