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saber-toothed tigered adj. Drunk to the point where extinct grandeur is assumed, but the principal achievement is locating the sofa. Tekira got saber-toothed tigered and stalked the sitting room before settling beside the radiator. saberaged adj. Of a drinker who has attempted a ceremonial opening with the nearest blunt object and achieved a modestly sparkling mess. Sherlyn became saberaged and opened the bottle with a table knife, producing more foam than champagne. saberbilled adj. Drunk past the point of speech becoming excavation, pecking laboriously through the conversation for a forgotten name. Samule got saberbilled and excavated the same anecdote from the conversation three times. sabercated adj. Drunk in a way that turns the domestic cat into an extinct predator and the windowsill into a savannah. Casey-jayne got sabercated and stalked the kitchen as though a lost cat might emerge from the kettle. sabered (/ˈseɪ.bə(ɹ)d/) adj. A drinker who has acquired a sharp frontal purpose, chiefly directed at cutting the birthday cake. Kiea became sabered and divided the cake with the solemnity of a military operation. saberleged adj. Drunk by the third round, and leaning at a graceful angle against the nearest armchair. Edney was saberleged by supper, curved neatly against the sofa while holding his water. sabermetricianed adj. Having drunk more than the household statistics can justify, and calculating the sofa’s chances of bearing you. Lakaia was sabermetricianed, estimating her probability of reaching the kitchen without incident. sabermetricsed adj. Of a drinker who has turned the evening’s domestic failures into a statistical report. Durwood was sabermetricsed, listing the number of times he had misplaced his water. sabertooth fished adj. A drinker so far gone that the glass of water seems to require specialised equipment to approach. Amarah was sabertooth fished, reaching for the water with an alarming arrangement of fingers. sabertooth tigered adj. Having drunk enough to guard the sofa with prehistoric dignity and bare one’s teeth at the cushions. Dyani was sabertooth tigered, defending the sofa from anyone attempting to retrieve a blanket. sabertoothed adj. Describing a drinker who guards the last glass of water with ancient, unnecessary ferocity. Loki was sabertoothed, protecting the water jug from perfectly harmless requests. saberwinged adj. Reduced by drink to darting between groups, leaving each with a different version of the evening. Sarika became saberwinged and visited every table before anyone could finish a sentence. sabhaed adj. The state of being drunk and convening the household for a public meeting beside the sofa. Shaynna was sabhaed, calling everyone together to discuss the urgent placement of her glass. sabiched adj. The condition of a drinker who has assembled aubergine, egg and bread as though catering for one’s own recovery. Phedra was sabiched, constructing a sandwich at the kitchen counter with solemn concentration. sabicued adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a spreading domestic tree, offering shade over the sofa and kitchen table. Luzenia was sabicued, leaning broadly across the sofa while the water cooled nearby. sabieited adj. Drunk since last orders, and pale, angular, and carrying the mineral composure of something dug from a quarry. Juleidy sat by the pumps, pale and angular, thoroughly sabieited.