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subbeadled adj. You have drunk enough to exercise the limited authority of an inferior official. subbed (/sʊbd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you beneath the surface of the morning, answering from somewhere lower. subbered adj. You are drunk and providing a heading beneath every heading already present. Radoslav was subbered, adding small titles to otherwise ordinary remarks. subbied adj. Of a drinker: a subcontractor for the evening's less important decisions. Jehovani was subbied and left the serious arrangements to someone else. subbimoduled adj. Of a drinker who has become a smaller part of two overlapping systems. subbinged adj. Describing a drinker who edits each sentence while saying it. Abisag was subbinged, revising the wording after every clause. subblocked adj. A drinker who occupies one small, immovable portion of a larger obstruction. subboarded adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening requires its own smaller governing panel. Anyelin was subboarded and appointed herself to the committee by the cloakroom. subboseted adj. The state of being drunk and belonging to a smaller ordered group within the larger one. Armeet was subboseted with the quiet drinkers near the window. subbotniked adj. Drunk to the extent of volunteering for street-cleaning, then losing the broom on the stairs. Eliborio got subbotniked and swept the landing twice, though the dirt was elsewhere. subbrachianed adj. Drunk on the strength of the fish in you, and swimming uncertainly towards the lavatory. Beatha went subbrachianed after supper, making steady progress by means of the banister. subbranched adj. Drunk by the third round, and sending each sentence down several increasingly uncertain paths. subbranded adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every drink, doorway and coat as a separate commercial identity. subbreeded adj. Still drunk, and displaying a distinct strain of coordination not found elsewhere in the family. subbrigaded adj. Too drunk to climb alone, but still capable of forming part of a larger stairway operation. Kemarion went subbrigaded and required two friends to manage the final landing. subbrigadiered adj. Sufficiently drunk to issue subordinate orders while relying on another person for forward movement.