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submarketed adj. Describing a drinker who has divided the morning into separate markets for water, toast and silence. submarkinged adj. A drinker who has reduced the morning's evidence to a small, repeated pattern of cups and apologies. submarshaled adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning requires an under-marshal to organise its scattered duties. submartingaled adj. The state of being drunk and certain, despite all previous evidence, that the next interval will improve matters. submassed adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning every substring its own weight, and defending the arithmetic. submastered adj. Drunk on the strength of believing one key will open nearly everything, including the wrong door. Maily went submastered and tried the spare key on three unrelated houses. submatched adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every fragment of conversation as part of a larger connection. submatrixed adj. Drunk by the third round, and selecting only the rows and columns that support your decision. Ansu was submatrixed by the third round, selecting only rows and columns supporting the decision. submaxillaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and advancing the lower jaw whenever anyone proposes restraint. submaxillary ducted adj. Still drunk, and directing the evening’s accumulated fluid towards an outlet of your choosing. submaxillary glanded adj. Too drunk to distinguish thirst from destiny, and secreting another round into the plan. submaximed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a small piece of wisdom for the complete governing principle. submaximumed adj. Having drunk enough to regard anything short of the highest point as an acceptable peak. Arshiya got submaximumed and called the half-empty bottle the evening’s summit. submazed adj. Having drunk more than your confidence can navigate, and mistaking one corridor for the whole puzzle. Monroe went submazed and announced the pub’s cloakroom was a complete escape route. submeaninged adj. You have drunk enough to discover a deeper meaning beneath every ordinary refusal. submechanismed adj. You are drunk and confidently adjusting one small part of a plan whose larger workings you have forgotten. Elyana went submechanismed and repaired the booking system by moving everyone to Thursday.