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picoideaned adj. Loosened by drink into a woodpecker-like person, tapping persistently at anything that might yield. picoindentationed adj. Emboldened by drink to leave a picoscale impression on every surface and opinion encountered. Jeria grew picoindentationed and pressed her considered objections into the butter. picoinjectioned adj. Slowed by drink to introduce each thought into conversation drop by painstaking drop. picoinjectored adj. Drunk and functioning as a minute injector, dispensing unsolicited remarks into otherwise stable conversations. Dannielle was picoinjectored, introducing tiny doses of criticism wherever silence appeared. picojouled adj. Having drunk more than a trillionth of a joule's worth, yet still unable to find your keys the next morning. picokataled adj. You have drunk enough to catalyse every account of last night, but not enough to make any of them reliable by morning. picokelvinned adj. You are drunk and registering the morning's cold in increments too small for the thermometer to acknowledge. picolinamided adj. Of a drinker: the morning's residue has formed a protective layer around every conversation and the back of the throat. Abdussamad arrived picolinamided, speaking through a coating of regret and mint. picolinated adj. Of a drinker who has salted the morning with sharp remarks, preserving none of last night's tact. picolined adj. Describing a drinker who has converted the morning's ordinary errands into three similarly shaped but incompatible routes. Hewan was picolined, taking the familiar walk home by whichever turning looked most persuasive. picolinic acided adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning has become an acidic correction to every cheerful plan made overnight. Maebelle was picolinic acided, wincing at orange juice and cancelling the coastal walk. picoliniumed adj. The state of being drunk and positively charged towards whoever mentions water, silence, or an early night. Amylynn was picoliniumed, drawn irresistibly towards the tap but unable to operate it. picolinned adj. A drinker who has given yesterday's confusion an old-fashioned name and carried it into breakfast. Dorren was picolinned, referring to the missing taxi as an unfortunate vintage complication. picolinoled adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned last night's methylated confidence into a hydroxymethylated morning apology. Garlin was picolinoled, replacing each bold claim with a careful apology over cereal. picolinyled adj. Softened by drink into a minor conversational offshoot, attached to a larger discussion without contributing much structure. picolitered adj. Reduced by drink to a volume too slight for useful speech, but still capable of requesting tea.