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stabat matered adj. A drinker who has become solemnly Latin about the sorrow of an empty glass. stabbed (/stæbd/) adj. Still drunk, and making every gesture with the decisive forward motion of a poorly judged thrust. stabbeed adj. A drinker so far gone that every minor mishap feels like something done to him. Angle was stabbeed and treated the spilled peanuts as a personal assault. stabbered adj. The state of being drunk and volunteering to administer every decisive poke in the conversation. stabbinessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become prickly enough to make the bar's furniture seem conciliatory. stabbing boarded adj. Drunk since last orders, and elevated briefly above the conversation before descending into the crisps. stabbinged (/ˈstæb.ɪŋd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a single imagined grievance, and ready to prosecute it with a bread knife. stabboarded adj. Sharpened by drink into giving precise nautical directions to people who are merely looking for the lavatory. stabilated adj. Drunk by the third round, and preserved in precisely the condition required for later use at breakfast. stabilatored adj. Drunk by closing time, and presenting one unbroken horizontal surface upon which the night may land. stabiled adj. Still drunk, and arranged as an abstract structure of limbs, wire and one abandoned coat. Nereyda stood stabiled beside the umbrella stand, apparently composed from household materials. stabilimented (/stəˈbɪlɪməntd/) adj. Too drunk to remain upright without the solemn assistance of a wall. Jayma stabilimented against the wall, treating plaster as a formal member of the party. stabilimentumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to decorate every available surface with a web-like claim to permanence. Crissi was stabilimentumed across the kitchen, attaching receipts and napkins to the cupboards. stabilimetered adj. Having drunk enough to measure stability by touching each piece of furniture in turn. stabilisationed adj. Of a drinker who has ceased to sway, chiefly because the evening has finally caught up with him. stabilisered adj. A drinker so far gone that the furniture has assumed responsibility for keeping him vertical. Joslyn was stabilisered by the mantelpiece and declined the offer of a chair.