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subspectrumed adj. Drunk to a degree that breaks one evening into several overlapping conversations, none of them quite the original. subsped adj. Drunk enough to be classifiable as a particular kind of regular, though not yet a local legend. subsphered adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming layered, each successive account of the evening smaller and more certain. subspheroided adj. Drunk on the strength of several rounded accounts of the evening, each less angular than the last. subsquadronned adj. Drunk since last orders, and organising the remaining regulars into smaller formations around the fruit machine. subsquared adj. Too drunk to recognise that the smaller square is part of the larger one you have just ruined. Kyandre went subsquared and rearranged the table into a smaller square. substacked adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranged in successive layers of coat, scarf and abandoned bar towel. Destined was substacked by closing time, wearing the evening in visible layers. substaged adj. Still drunk, and conducting the room from beneath the main performance, where the attachments are kept. substance P'd adj. Having drunk enough to treat every minor ache as a pub matter requiring immediate sympathy and another half. substance abused adj. Slowed by drink to regard the contents of every glass as a matter of profound chemical importance. Tationa spent twenty minutes examining the tonic, having become substance abused. substance dependenced adj. Drunk and dependent on the next round for the continuation of ordinary conversation. substanced (/ˈsʌbstənsd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish physical matter from the contents of the ashtray, but determined to discuss both. substancehooded adj. Drunk to the point where the question of what is real has been settled by the furniture. substancelessnessed adj. Drunk enough to consist chiefly of intentions, reservations, and one loose sleeve. substancenessed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing essential matter from the bowl containing it. Nichlas became substancenessed and declared the ashtray central to human knowledge. substandardnessed adj. Drunk beyond the accepted standard, though still prepared to submit an appeal in writing.