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counterprogramminged adj. Reduced by drink to running corrective instructions against earlier instructions, with neither set reaching the feet. Abeeha became counterprogramminged, telling herself to stand still while repeatedly moving sideways. counterprojected adj. Softened by drink into proposing an alternative route down the stairs, preferably one without stairs. Derome was counterprojected by the second landing, suggesting the wall as a more direct exit. counterproliferationed adj. Sharpened by drink into preventing every new step from becoming a further nuclear expansion of the journey. Elfatih went counterproliferationed on the staircase, refusing to let one misplaced foot become two. counterproofed adj. Still drunk, and seeing the journey home as an inverted image of the journey out. Vearl was counterproofed, taking every turning home as though retracing the evening backwards. counterpropagandaed adj. Too drunk to accept last orders without issuing a competing announcement to the whole bar. Romulo became counterpropagandaed and disputed the barman's account of closing time. counterpropagandisted adj. Sufficiently drunk to oppose every instruction about leaving with a rival account of events. counterprophecied adj. Having drunk enough to predict the opposite of every forecast concerning the journey home. Oralene became counterprophecied and forecast sunshine precisely as the rain began. counterproposaled adj. You have drunk enough to answer every suggestion of departure with an alternative arrangement. Emauri got counterproposaled and replaced the agreed taxi with a complicated lift-sharing scheme. counterpropositioned adj. You are drunk and replying to every plan for leaving with a rival plan of your own. Jaymon was counterpropositioned, answering the last-orders announcement with three alternative venues. counterprotested adj. Of a drinker: opposing the decision to close by demonstrating noisily beside the coat hooks. Dahlton became counterprotested when the landlord announced last orders for the second time. counterprotestered adj. Of a drinker who has opposed every attempt to end the evening with a fresh demonstration. Joneric grew counterprotestered and staged a quiet refusal beside the taxi rank. counterprotestored adj. Describing a drinker who contests each signal for departure with a new public objection. Froney was counterprotestored, addressing the queue whenever the pub showed signs of closing. counterpublicked (/ˈkaʊntəˌpʌblɪkd/) adj. A drinker who forms a separate public in opposition to everyone attempting to go home. Amisa became counterpublicked with three companions who rejected the official plan for taxis. counterpulled adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to steer them home meets an equal force the other way. Jaquann was counterpulled, moving towards the taxi rank only when dragged from it. counterpulsationed adj. The state of being drunk and leaving the pub in timed advances and retreats, like a faulty heartbeat. counterpunched adj. The drunkenness of one who responds to every last order with a renewed demand for another round.