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subimaged adj. Still drunk, and retaining only a smaller, badly cropped picture of the previous evening. subimagoed adj. Too drunk to become fully adult by morning, still mobile but awaiting a further shedding of last night's skin. subimperialismed (/sʌb.ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.ə.lɪ.z(ə)md/) adj. Having drunk enough to extend yesterday's authority into the morning, chiefly over toast and the remote control. Deserea was subimperialismed, exercising strict control over the sofa while obeying the headache's higher authority. subimperialisted adj. Having drunk more than the morning could reasonably accommodate, and still loyal to a vanished governing power. subincidented adj. You have drunk enough to remember the morning as a collection of minor events within one larger mistake. subincisioned adj. You are drunk and approaching breakfast with the delicate, lengthwise openness of someone whose composure has split. subincusationed adj. Of a drinker: carrying a slight accusation into the morning, usually directed at whoever permitted another round. subindexed adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the night to a subsidiary list, with the important entries inexplicably absent. subindicationed (/ˌsʌbɪndɪˈkeɪʃənd/) adj. Describing a drinker who offers only slight signs of last night's excess, chiefly when standing up. Yalexi was subindicationed, appearing composed until the first attempt to reach the kettle. subindicatored adj. A drinker who treats every small morning sensation as a subordinate indicator of a larger condition. Sueanna was subindicatored, reading the dry mouth and bright curtains as separate warnings. subindividualed adj. Drunk, with the result that every person present has been divided into smaller, separately addressable persons. Duryea became subindividualed and negotiated separately with each half of the landlord. subindustried adj. Drunk to a degree that you establish a small specialist trade within the business of getting home. subinfectioned adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring a secondary ailment from an evening already recovering from its first mistake. subinfeodationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and parceling out your remaining judgement in tenancies of decreasing importance. subinfertilitied adj. Drunk on the strength of a nearly persuasive idea, producing little but remaining confident in the yield. subinfeudationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and subletting every decision until nobody can say who authorised the journey.