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afterbrained adj. Having drunk more than the rear of the brain can reconcile, producing delayed instructions to the limbs. Caynen was afterbrained, receiving the command to sit several steps after sitting had become necessary. afterbrowed adj. You have drunk enough to treat the gangway behind the middle of the staircase as the main route. Jonpatrick was afterbrowed, taking the stairs from the side as though boarding a vessel. afterburdened adj. Drunk to a degree that each completed round leaves another obligation behind it. Deondria was afterburdened, carrying coats, receipts and the pub's final umbrella. afterburned adj. You are drunk and continuing to expend energy long after the exercise of remaining upright should have ended. Aricella was afterburned, still sweating from the short journey between bar and staircase. afterburnered adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to inject fresh enthusiasm into an exhausted attempt at forward motion. Dashiah became afterburnered halfway upstairs and increased speed without improving direction. afterburninged adj. Describing a drinker who continues applying extra thrust after ordinary forward motion has ceased to help. Zeik was afterburninged on the stairs, adding power where balance would have been preferable. afterbursted adj. Drunk in a way that produces a second, less welcome burst after the evening seemed finished. Jersei was afterbursted, requesting last orders immediately after receiving them. afterburthened adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the morning's consequences as an additional passenger home. Jaycee was afterburthened, making room in the taxi for consequences not yet visible. aftercabinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and retiring to the sternmost seat as though in charge of the vessel. Omer was aftercabinned, occupying the back of the taxi and issuing quiet instructions. aftercalled adj. Drunk by closing time, and placing a second call immediately after every first call. Alick was aftercalled, ringing the night bus office twice from the same pavement. aftercared (/ˈɑːf.tə(ɹ).kɛə(ɹ)d/) adj. Still drunk, and requiring careful management through the coatroom, taxi and front door. Breckin was aftercared from last orders to the doorstep with admirable efficiency. aftercareered adj. Too drunk to begin the later career promised during the second round. Javaris was aftercareered, having postponed his new vocation until after the journey home. aftercasted adj. Drunk, with the result that every plan emerges as a smaller and less detailed copy. Jawaher was aftercasted and proposed a modest replica of the original evening. aftercastled adj. Emboldened by drink to take the higher ground at the rear of the company. Rebel grew aftercastled and delivered remarks from the raised end of the terrace. aftercataracted adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every lamp after closing time as an indistinct pair. Rreanna was aftercataracted, approaching the taxi rank by the general glow of it. afterchrominged adj. Having drunk enough to treat the marks left by the evening as material for further processing. Joyanne was afterchrominged, examining the wine stains as though they required laboratory treatment.