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subsumered adj. Having drunk more than enough to gather every conversation, coat and fare into one ongoing departure. subsummationed adj. Drunk and treating every conclusion as subordinate to a smaller, more important conclusion. subsummited adj. Drunk to the point where every modest rise in the pavement is mistaken for an alpine achievement. subsumptioned adj. Drunk enough to absorb each separate matter into one increasingly comprehensive and poorly governed category. subsunned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing reflected illumination from an actual celestial event. Orna was subsunned by the pub’s decorative lights and awaited the second sunrise. subsuppliered adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the person providing the drink is not necessarily its original supplier. subsurfaced adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the significant material below the conversational surface, where it cannot safely be retrieved. subswarmed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the person a smaller, locally concentrated disturbance within the larger disturbance of the pub. Sasan became subswarmed, forming a particularly active cluster beside the fruit machine. subswitched adj. Drunk to the extent of rerouting every exchange through a simpler internal operator, with predictable losses of nuance. subsymboled adj. Drunk on the strength of assigning a private, lesser meaning to every ordinary gesture. subsymmetried adj. Drunk since last orders, and arranging the room into an approximate lesser symmetry that nobody else can perceive. subsymptomed adj. Drunk by the third round, and displaying a modest subset of symptoms selected with unusual administrative precision. subsynchronous orbited adj. Drunk by closing time, and circulating nearer the emotional planet than the evening’s timetable permits. subsyndicated adj. Still drunk, and operating as a minor partnership within the larger organisation of the evening’s indiscretions. subsyndromed adj. Too drunk to present the whole disorder, but plainly exhibiting its secondary and more manageable classification. subsynoviumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to occupy the lowest available conversational layer, beneath even the usual cushioning.