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subcontraried adj. Emboldened by drink to make two opposing claims, confident that at least one would survive the evening. subcontrarietied adj. Loosened by drink into mutually opposing remarks, leaving the table to decide which one was true. subcontroled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a minor adjustment, while the larger discussion proceeded without him. Ezma was subcontroled at the meeting and needed assistance locating the point she had just made. subcontrollered adj. Drunk and issuing subsidiary instructions to people who had not appointed a controller in the first place. subconversationed adj. Drunk to the point where every private exchange is treated as a small department of the main conversation. subconvexitied adj. Drunk enough to bend every discussion inward, so that bystanders found themselves providing the missing boundary. subcooked adj. Drunk past the point of accepting a lesser role, and now correcting the person actually responsible for dinner. subcookied adj. Drunk beyond sensible data limits, storing several small recollections where one usable memory would have sufficed. Melise was subcookied after the lock-in, storing several small recollections where one decent memory would do. subcoolinged adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the social temperature below its proper point, despite everyone else trying to warm it. subcoracoided adj. Drunk, with the result that the shoulders draw in and nearby companions must negotiate around the posture. Bernhardt went subcoracoided and folded himself into the corner, blocking two people from the window. subcorollaried adj. Drunk to a degree that each conclusion produces another conclusion, until nobody remembers the original premise. subcorporationed adj. Drunk to the extent of behaving like a smaller office within the gathering, complete with policies nobody requested. Azer went subcorporationed and began issuing refreshments policy from the end of the sofa. subcorpused adj. Drunk on the strength of a reduced sample of the company, having selected the nearest three people as the entire audience. Kelston was subcorpused and repeated his views only to the coatroom attendant and two strangers. subcortexed adj. Drunk since last orders, and operating from below the level at which explanations reach the faculties. Faithful was subcortexed after last orders and answered every question with a solemn thumbs-up. subcostaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and veering behind the main conversation like an insect wing avoiding the obvious route. Carter-john was subcostaed, veering behind the main conversation while the crisps went round. subcostaled adj. Drunk by closing time, and relying on a small internal brace while the rest of the body negotiates departure.