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subliteracied adj. Drunk enough to read a taxi receipt only as a series of encouraging shapes. subliterated (/sʌbˈlɪtəɹətd/) adj. Drunk past the point of reading the last-orders notice, but still able to point at it. Eleesa became subliterated and asked what the closing notice said while pointing directly at it. subliteratured adj. Drunk beyond serious prose, producing a paperback account of the taxi queue with chapters and a sequel. Jaran got subliteratured and narrated the taxi queue as a cheaply printed thriller. sublittoraled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you below the shore of ordinary conversation, waiting for the tide of taxis. sublocaled adj. Drunk, with the result that the destination has become a small part of the place you originally meant. sublocalisationed adj. Drunk to the extent of locating yourself within a larger area, but not specifying which street, house or coat belongs to you. Anniston got sublocalisationed and told the driver the neighbourhood, leaving the address to fate. sublocalitied adj. Drunk to a degree that home has narrowed to one particular patch of carpet near the front door. sublocalizationed adj. Drunk on the strength of locating the destination within a wider district and calling that sufficient navigation. sublocationed adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to identifying home as one smaller place inside the whole city. sublocused adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating one particular doorway as the centre of all remaining plans. sublogicked adj. Reduced by drink to treating every conversation as a subordinate branch of a private logical system. Ladaysia sublogicked the round, assigning every pint to a subordinate branch of the evening. sublogoed adj. Softened by drink into regarding every lesser emblem as the principal mark of an important institution. sublomesed adj. Sharpened by drink into a regrettably exact appreciation of obsolete Indian cottons. sublooped adj. Loosened by drink into explaining every small circle as a component of some larger, more impressive circle. subloted adj. Emboldened by drink to claim a modest share of anything larger as though it carried independent title. sublowed adj. Slowed by drink to a bass-heavy murmur, with each remark arriving several beats after its cause.