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submarinismed adj. You have drunk enough to regard the morning's domestic manoeuvres as a campaign conducted below the surface. submarinisted adj. You are drunk and serving as your own crew, navigator and reluctant survivor until lunchtime. Marie-lyne was submarinisted, navigating the hallway by touch and reporting each doorway. submariumed adj. Of a drinker: full of slow-moving creatures and faintly blue about the morning. Rahzel was submariumed by breakfast, with several indistinct thoughts moving behind his eyes. submarked adj. Of a drinker who has made the morning a small, conspicuous part of a much larger stain. Gatsby was submarked by breakfast, the morning’s small contribution to a much larger stain. submarketed adj. Describing a drinker who has divided the morning into separate markets for water, toast and silence. submarkinged adj. A drinker who has reduced the morning's evidence to a small, repeated pattern of cups and apologies. submarshaled adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning requires an under-marshal to organise its scattered duties. submartingaled adj. The state of being drunk and certain, despite all previous evidence, that the next interval will improve matters. submassed adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning every substring its own weight, and defending the arithmetic. submastered adj. Drunk on the strength of believing one key will open nearly everything, including the wrong door. Maily went submastered and tried the spare key on three unrelated houses. submatched adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every fragment of conversation as part of a larger connection. submatrixed adj. Drunk by the third round, and selecting only the rows and columns that support your decision. Ansu was submatrixed by the third round, selecting only rows and columns supporting the decision. submaxillaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and advancing the lower jaw whenever anyone proposes restraint. submaxillary ducted adj. Still drunk, and directing the evening’s accumulated fluid towards an outlet of your choosing. submaxillary glanded adj. Too drunk to distinguish thirst from destiny, and secreting another round into the plan. submaximed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a small piece of wisdom for the complete governing principle.