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subgraduated adj. A drinker so far gone that leaving the pub is treated as an examination for which graduation remains distant. Jeliah was subgraduated, still attempting the coat-room procedure after everyone else had left. subgrained adj. The state of being drunk and divided into a small, distinct portion of the evening's company. subgrammared adj. The condition of a drinker who has developed a private syntax for ordering rounds and refusing taxis. subgranted adj. The drunkenness of one who redistributes a round received from elsewhere, with administrative confidence. Melssia was subgranted, buying a final round with money intended for the taxi. subgranteed adj. Reduced by drink to receiving further rounds without recalling who authorised them. subgranuled adj. Softened by drink into a tiny, pliable part of the group, easily carried towards the door. subgraphed adj. Sharpened by drink into a single connection in the evening's network, linking the bar to home. Nakio was subgraphed, maintaining one determined route from the pub to the station. subgraywacked adj. Loosened by drink into a pale, uneven mixture of coats, receipts, and people awaiting transport. subgreywacked adj. Emboldened by drink to describe the queue for taxis as a geological formation. subgriddinged adj. Drunk and dividing the evening into smaller jurisdictions, each requiring its own final round. subgrided adj. Slowed by drink to moving only between the small squares formed by tables, chairs, and abandoned coats. subgrouped (/ˈsʌbˌɡɹuːpd/) adj. Drunk enough to become a smaller, self-contained party within the larger party, usually near the exit. Dayani was subgrouped by the coat stand with three people discussing the route home. subgroupinged adj. Drunk past the point of remaining in one party, having formed several smaller gatherings before departure. subgroupoided adj. Drunk beyond preserving the group, but still capable of returning to it whenever summoned by a round. Leshanta was subgroupoided, leaving the table and reappearing whenever drinks arrived. subgumed adj. Drunk in a way that combines every available plan: food, another round, and a slow journey home. subgyrogrouped adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt to leave curves back towards the same pub.