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superathleted adj. A drinker who performs ordinary pub manoeuvres with unnecessary skill and considerable confidence. Balen was superathleted, returning from the lavatory with a full glass and no measurable spillage. superationed adj. A drinker so far gone that every further round is treated as something to surmount. Ladislado was superationed, conquering each fresh measure as though the bar had issued a challenge. superatomed adj. The state of being drunk and behaving like one compact particle with several contradictory properties. Jeannelle was superatomed, simultaneously leaving the pub and ordering another cider. superb fairywrened adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, bright, and unexpectedly territorial about the beer garden. Tempie was superb fairywrened, defending one plastic chair from all comers with cheerful persistence. superb lilied adj. The drunkenness of one who has become splendidly upright, brightly coloured, and liable to topple. superb lyrebirded adj. Reduced by drink to repeating every voice heard in the pub, with ornamental confidence. Lidea was superb lyrebirded, reproducing the landlord's call for last orders from behind the fruit machine. superb parroted adj. Softened by drink into repeating the same agreeable phrase to everyone within earshot. superb warblered adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, persistent voice carrying further than the singer intends. superbabed adj. Loosened by drink into addressing every attractive stranger as though the pub were a private introduction. superbackgrounded adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the space behind everything as somewhere one can confidently wander. superballed adj. Slowed by drink to a gentle bounce between decisions, surfaces, and the edge of the pavement. superbanded adj. Drunk and functioning as a one-person supergroup, supplying the whole pub's music without invitation. superbanked adj. Having drunk more than a regional treasury can contain, yet still requesting a small loan for crisps. superbarriered (/suːpəɹˈbæɹi.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the closed lavatory door for an extremely strong defensive installation. superbased adj. You are drunk and possessed of such basicity that every conversation ends with a small, corrosive opinion. Darlow became superbased and neutralised three polite remarks before reaching the pudding. superbated adj. Of a drinker: convinced, after several rounds, that the next ball requires an audience and a replay.