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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. Shantanu was sabercated, guarding the windowsill as though the cat ruled a savannah. sabered (/ˈseɪ.bə(ɹ)d/) adj. A drinker who has acquired a sharp frontal purpose, chiefly directed at cutting the birthday cake. saberleged adj. Drunk by the third round, and leaning at a graceful angle against the nearest armchair. sabermetricianed adj. Having drunk more than the household statistics can justify, and calculating the sofa’s chances of bearing you. Mathys was sabermetricianed, calculating the sofa's survival prospects from household statistics of dubious quality. 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. sabertooth tigered adj. Having drunk enough to guard the sofa with prehistoric dignity and bare one’s teeth at the cushions. 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. sabhaed adj. The state of being drunk and convening the household for a public meeting beside the sofa. Ipsa became sabhaed and convened the household beside the sofa to debate the missing crisps. sabiched adj. The condition of a drinker who has assembled aubergine, egg and bread as though catering for one’s own recovery. sabicued adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a spreading domestic tree, offering shade over the sofa and kitchen table. 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.