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neuropreservationed adj. Describing a drinker who has been carefully stored on the sofa in the hope of future resuscitation. Jaseem was neuropreservationed beneath a blanket, with water positioned for eventual revival. neuroprocessinged adj. A drinker who has reduced mental activity to locating the sofa, the tap and the next sip. Braxon became neuroprocessinged and spent ten minutes calculating the shortest route to water. neuroprocessored adj. A drinker so far gone that the supposed control centre has delegated all decisions to the cushions. neuroprogenitored adj. The state of being drunk and still developing towards a person capable of making tea. neuroprognosised adj. The condition of a drinker who has received a poor forecast for the evening's remaining coordination. Kreed was neuroprognosised by the sofa, where the household expected him to remain. neuroprognosticationed adj. The drunkenness of one who predicts, with medical gravity, precisely when the next glass will become necessary. Lexandra got neuroprognosticationed and issued a forecast for water at nine-minute intervals. neuroprogramminged adj. Reduced by drink to a sequence of simple instructions: sit down, drink water, do not operate the kettle. Ashleigh was neuroprogramminged on the sofa, repeating the household instructions under her breath. neuroprogressioned adj. Softened by drink into a gradual household decline, beginning with the sofa and ending beside the water jug. neuroproliferationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and producing new conversational neurons whenever silence threatens. Soraide was neuroproliferationed, finding fresh branches of gossip after the bar had shut. neuroprostaned adj. Still drunk, and oxidising every minor grievance into a durable pub-chain complaint. Carla-maria was neuroprostaned, turning a lukewarm lager into a lasting objection. neuroprosthesised adj. Too drunk to tell whether the voice in your head is yours or an improvement. Zamyiah was neuroprosthesised, answering thoughts that seemed to arrive from elsewhere. neuroprostheticked adj. Sufficiently drunk to require an external system for navigating ordinary conversation. Vedat was neuroprostheticked, relying on the barman's nods to complete every sentence. neuroproteased adj. Having drunk enough to break every thought down into smaller, less useful components. neuroprotectanted adj. Having drunk more than the nervous system can reasonably defend against, yet insisting it is coping. Adaija was neuroprotectanted, shielding each wobbling opinion behind a careful nod. neuroprotectinned adj. You have drunk enough to preserve one small, lucid thought while everything around it deteriorates. Golda was neuroprotectinned, retaining only the vital instruction to keep hold of her chips. neuroprotectioned adj. You are drunk and guarding every remaining scrap of sense as though it were a bar tab. Isibella was neuroprotectioned, defending one coherent sentence from the rest of the evening.