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postcristided adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow conversational ridge connecting two otherwise unrelated points. postcubitused adj. Emboldened by drink to follow the minor vein between two established channels and call it leadership. Vona grew postcubitused and led the party along the narrowest route home. postcued adj. Slowed by drink to await instructions that arrive only after the useful moment has passed. postcyberpunked adj. Drunk and navigating a technologically advanced evening in which, mercifully, nobody has arranged a dystopia. King-david became postcyberpunked and used the card machine as a conversational oracle. postdated (/ˈpəʊstˌdeɪtd/) adj. Drunk enough to place tomorrow's date on tonight's account, thereby making responsibility appear forthcoming. postdatinged adj. Drunk past the point of citing a word when required, but capable of remembering it retrospectively. Justinas became postdatinged and supplied every missing term after the conversation had ended. postdauered adj. Drunk beyond the dormant stage, emerging into a later larval condition with little prospect of adult judgement. postdebed adj. Of a drinker who has made a formal appearance in society, and is now making an informal one in the kitchen. Nerisa arrived postdebed, wearing last night's shoes and asking whether breakfast had been announced. postdebutanted adj. Describing a drinker who has made last night's entrance into society and this morning's retreat from it. Farhiyo was postdebutanted, greeting the breakfast table as though it were a receiving room. postdecisional regreted adj. A drinker so far gone that every choice made after seven o'clock is already being revisited before eight. postdecremented adj. Drunk in a way that reduces the evening only after each remaining task has been assessed. postdemocracied adj. Drunk to a degree that democratic procedure survives in name while the loudest person chooses the takeaway. Auralee was postdemocracied, accepting votes before ordering exactly what she wanted. postdentaled adj. A drinker so far gone that this morning's consonants emerge from behind the teeth. postdeterminatived adj. The state of being drunk and adding unnecessary qualifications to an already settled breakfast order. postdeterminered adj. The condition of a drinker who follows every noun with a further qualification, usually concerning toast. Maryemma was postdeterminered, explaining which particular headache had arrived first. postdictatorshipped adj. The drunkenness of one who has overthrown last night's regime but retained all its paperwork.