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subscription boxed adj. Drunk on the strength of recurring deliveries, each containing another round and one unsuitable item for the journey home. subscription trapped adj. Drunk since last orders, and agreeing to another round of household tasks before noticing the terms. Yalexis got subscription trapped and volunteered to polish every glass in the cupboard. subscriptioned (/səbˈskɹɪpʃənd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of having paid for access to the evening and being unwilling to leave before expiry. subsearched adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting a secondary search for belongings already in your hands. Maluhia was subsearched by the third round, looking for her coat while wearing it. subsecretariated adj. Still drunk, and administering the minor affairs of the departing party with unwarranted authority. subsecretaried adj. Too drunk to leave without first appointing yourself responsible for everyone else's route home. subsecretaryshipped adj. Sufficiently drunk to occupy the office of departure, where coats, keys, and last buses require supervision. subsecreted adj. Drunk by closing time, and preserving a secondary secret about where the coat has gone. subsected adj. Emboldened by drink to establish a subsidiary doctrine and defend it at unnecessary length. Tayquan became subsected and founded a minor school of opinion beside the dartboard. subsectioned adj. Slowed by drink to divide every modest topic into formally numbered portions. Sahni grew subsectioned, delivering the explanation in headings nobody had requested. subsectivitied adj. Drunk and treating a narrower claim as though it necessarily followed from the broader one. Kiriana became subsectivitied and inferred universal agreement from one nod at the bar. subsectored adj. Drunk to the point where each quarter of the room is regarded as a separate administrative territory. subsegmentationed adj. Drunk past the point of speaking in wholes, forming successive fragments for inspection. subsegmentectomied adj. Drunk beyond conversational recovery, having excised one small but vital portion of every account. subsegmented adj. Drunk enough to divide an already divided conversation into still smaller and less useful units. subseizured adj. Drunk in a way that produces brief, scarcely acknowledged convulsions of attention. Kira looked subseizured, pausing mid-toast whenever the room changed colour.