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postcapitalismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to imagine the economy after money, while still needing someone to hold your elbow. Avrill became postcapitalismed and offered the last crisps under a new communal arrangement. postcapitalisted adj. Having drunk more than the present economic system can sensibly account for. postcaptained adj. Having drunk enough to mistake repeated survival for evidence that every further decision is sound. postcarded (/ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹdd/) adj. You are drunk and presenting every incident as a picturesque account for distant acquaintances. Mckenley was postcarded, describing the broken umbrella as a charming local feature. postcardinged adj. Of a drinker: sending concise accounts of the evening to people who are not present. postcardwared adj. Of a drinker who has requested a postcard from every town reached between the bar and home. postcareered adj. Describing a drinker who has entered a second career in negotiating chairs, walls and staircases. Korinn was postcareered, treating the descent as a new professional discipline. postcarted adj. A drinker who delivers every intention by a slower, wobbling route. postcavaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the lower return route is doing the work of keeping him upright. postcavaled adj. Drunk to a degree that the route home seems to pass through the back of the neck. postchaised adj. Drunk and conducting the journey home as an enclosed carriage service, with passengers selected at random. Macarther went postchaised and offered the coat rack transport to the station. postchrominged adj. Drunk on the strength of what happened afterwards, with the original evening already hazy. Shantia became postchrominged on the walk home and thanked everyone for an event nobody recalled. postcingulided adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking from the narrow ridge between sense and departure. Seoyeon was postcingulided when the landlord announced that the lights were coming on. postcingulumed adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying a small, stubborn ridge of confidence into the night. Meguel was postcingulumed before the menus had been collected. postclavicled adj. Drunk by closing time, and projecting backwards from the evening towards whatever comes next. postcleithrumed adj. Still drunk, and attached to the departing party by a rearward, bony insistence. Nuhamin remained postcleithrumed outside the pub, following the last two coats home.