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afterclaped (/ˈæftə(ɹ)klæpd/) adj. You have drunk enough to suffer a fresh inconvenience after believing the evening concluded itself. Ida-rae was afterclaped when the last bus departed just after she reached the stop. afterclaused adj. You are drunk and adding a further qualification to every arrangement already made. Inga was afterclaused, appending conditions to the taxi plan after everyone had agreed. aftercomed adj. Of a drinker: consequence arrives behind you, usually between the pub and the front door. Banbha was aftercomed, discovering the consequence of the final round at the taxi rank. aftercomered adj. Describing a drinker who leaves each completed round to be followed by another claimant. Jelia was aftercomered, appointing a successor to every person who went home. aftercominged adj. A drinker who turns every departure into a sequel, consequence or further journey. Keden was aftercominged, discovering a second journey after reaching the supposed destination. afterconducted adj. Drunk to the extent of making subsequent behaviour more memorable than the occasion itself. Harkrishan was afterconducted, and the following morning supplied most of the account. aftercontractioned adj. A drinker so far gone that the hand closes again after the glass has been removed. Tifanie was aftercontractioned, gripping the empty glass well into the journey home. aftercoolered adj. The state of being drunk and requiring an additional cooling stage before attempting the stairs. Rheyanna was aftercoolered, pausing outside the pub before beginning the walk home. aftercoolinged adj. The condition of a drinker who cools down only after the pressure of last orders has passed. Agnita was aftercoolinged, becoming gradually less warm about the distance home. aftercosted adj. Reduced by drink to calculating the later expense of every earlier round. Teashia got aftercosted and found that last orders had several financial descendants. aftercoursed adj. Softened by drink into accepting whatever route follows the original plan home. Suhanee was aftercoursed, letting the evening's remaining events choose the route. aftercrimed adj. Drunk by closing time, and committing the sort of offence that attracts an imitator by morning. Cyerah got aftercrimed and attempted the same foolish shortcut through the locked garden. aftercropped adj. Still drunk, and producing a second harvest from ground that ought by rights to be resting. Yavuz remained aftercropped, finding fresh business in an evening already thoroughly worked. aftercurrented adj. Too drunk to stop moving when the stimulus has ceased, particularly when the music has not. Reznor, aftercurrented, continued dancing for several seconds after the band had packed away. afterdamped adj. Sufficiently drunk to resemble the atmosphere after an explosion: breathable only by official optimism. Lornell became afterdamped near the bar, where the available air was chiefly theoretical. afterdaysed adj. Having drunk enough to regard the days ahead as a distant population requiring administrative representation. Yailene got afterdaysed and began allocating responsibilities to people who had not yet been born.