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subalgorithmed adj. The state of being drunk and following a small, repetitive procedure inside a larger plan to get home. Amarian became subalgorithmed, repeating the sequence: coat, loo, taxi, then another drink. subalignmented adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every conversation to one accurately matched internal section. subaliquotted adj. The drunkenness of one who divides each remaining measure into smaller portions before ordering another. suballeled adj. Reduced by drink to a fragment that appears in every version of the evening's story. suballianced adj. Softened by drink into a minor coalition with whoever happens to share your table. suballocationed adj. Sharpened by drink into dividing one promised round among increasingly specific recipients. suballocatored adj. Loosened by drink into assigning every spare chip, seat and responsibility to somebody else. subalmonered adj. Emboldened by drink to collect for charity from people who are visibly trying to leave. subalpine warblered adj. Slowed by drink to a soft, repeated whistle that emerges whenever conversation pauses. subalpinosided adj. Drunk and carrying the particular conviction that one small, bitter ingredient explains the entire evening. subaltern studiesed adj. Drunk enough to reconstruct the evening from the experiences of bar staff, smokers and the people queuing for chips. Quwanna got subaltern studiesed and recorded the night from the kitchen porter's point of view. subalternanted adj. Drunk past the point of making a universal claim, but still prepared to issue one about every table. subalternated (/səˈbɔːltə(ɹ)nətd/) adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing one doubtful example from a rule applying to the whole pub. subalternationed adj. Of a drinker who has accepted subordination with the solemnity of a court appointment, and is now fetching crisps. subalterned (/ˈsʌbəltɚnd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every instruction is accepted, provided it comes from someone standing nearer the bar. subalternhooded adj. Describing a drinker who occupies the lowest rung of the hierarchy and guards the snack bowl.