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subtilysinned adj. Emboldened by drink to make the sofa the official sleeping arrangement without consulting the household. Niambh got subtilysinned and announced the sofa suitable for overnight occupation. subtitled (/ˈsʌbtaɪtəld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that every object in the kitchen requires a heading before use. Pratiksha got subtitled and labelled the glass of water before drinking it. subtitlered (/ˈsʌbˌtaɪt(ə)ləd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of translating the television into captions for an audience on the sofa. Teiona became subtitlered after last orders, captioning the television for the sofa audience. subtitlinged adj. Drunk on the strength of adding commentary to every household action, especially fetching water. subtle bodied adj. Drunk by the third round, and accompanied thereafter by a quieter sofa-bound version of yourself. subtlenessed adj. Reduced by drink to pick the clever route through an argument, avoiding brute force and the landlord’s eye. subtletied (/ˈsʌt(ə)ltid/) adj. Loosened by drink into treating every plain remark as a matter requiring a discreet second meaning. Selica became subtletied and asked what the weather forecast was really getting at. subtokened adj. Slowed by drink to separate every utterance into tiny pieces before attempting to answer it. subtomogramed adj. Drunk and inspecting the evening in overlapping sections, none large enough to explain the whole of it. subtoned adj. Drunk to the point where every remark carries a quieter, less flattering tone beneath it. Toye was subtoned, hearing a second and considerably ruder voice in the landlord’s announcement. subtongued adj. Drunk enough to conduct the whole conversation in a private dialect understood by nobody at the table. subtonicked adj. Drunk past the point of the upper note, speaking from just below it and missing the tune by principle. subtopiaed adj. Drunk beyond the point of recognising where the pub ends and the surrounding sprawl begins. subtopicked adj. Drunk in a way that breaks one conversation into smaller subjects, each pursued before the last has finished. Sylvin was subtopicked, moving from darts to drainage without relinquishing either argument. subtopologied adj. Drunk, with the result that every separate corner of the pub feels like a different version of the same room. subtorused adj. Drunk to a degree that sends the drinker round the same central thought by an increasingly circular route. Kingjames was subtorused, returning to the question of who had moved the peanuts.