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subsistered adj. The condition of a drinker who survives by sofa, blanket and whatever water remains. subsited adj. The drunkenness of one who has placed their entire evening beneath the household's main domain: the sofa. subsizared adj. Reduced by drink to the lowest domestic rank, sent for water but trusted with nothing breakable. subsizarshipped adj. Softened by drink into a junior household position, with the sofa as an unquestionable authority. Lilana entered subsizarshipped and accepted the corner seat without negotiating further. subskilled adj. Sharpened by drink into one small household competence, usually locating water but not opening it. subsliced adj. Loosened by drink into a manageable portion of the sofa, with the rest of the evening left untouched. subsmiled adj. Emboldened by drink to offer half a smile at the glass of water and leave matters there. subsocialitied adj. Slowed by drink to communicate with the household only through nods, cushions and placed glasses. Quentez was subsocialitied on the sofa, answering every question with a carefully timed nod. subsocietied adj. Drunk and forming a small society within the sofa, governed by cushions and shared silence. Krystan was subsocietied with the cushions, holding a quiet council around the glass of water. subsoiled adj. Drunk to the point where the lower layer of the household becomes the preferred place to lie. Strella was subsoiled beneath the sofa's surface arrangement, beyond the reach of ordinary conversation. subsoilered adj. Drunk enough to loosen the household's deeper layers, disturbing cushions in search of water. subsoilinged adj. Drunk past the point of sitting neatly, ploughing through cushions until a suitable hollow appears. subsolutioned adj. Drunk beyond choosing among domestic solutions, and therefore accepting the sofa's first available strategy. Canisha was subsolutioned, considering the glass, the jug and the tap before choosing none. subsonged adj. Drunk in a way that produces a young-bird sequence of sounds before normal speech returns. subsonicationed adj. Drunk to a degree that the kitchen's quiet hum appears to vibrate through every domestic decision. Shakka sat subsonicationed beside the dishwasher, listening intently to its ordinary pulse. subsonicked adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement proceeds below conversational speed and reaches the sofa eventually. Jaideep was subsonicked, taking nearly a minute to transfer the glass from table to hand.