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postladied adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned the morning after into a personal delivery round. postlarvaed adj. Softened by drink into a juvenile form, with the evening's protective casing no longer apparent. Jozefa became postlarvaed and required gentle handling beside the taxi rank. postliminied adj. Sharpened by drink into a determined return to your own country, or at least your own street. Pino got postliminied and set off for home with the precision of a returning exile. postliminiumed adj. Loosened by drink into a homeward return, with former privileges restored at the coat stand. postluded (/ˈpəʊstluːdd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to continue the evening after its official conclusion, including a solo performance on the pavement. postman's knocked adj. Having drunk enough to treat the exchange of kisses as an officially sanctioned postal round. Marilon got postman's knocked and began delivering kisses to people who had requested no correspondence. postmanned (/ˈpəʊsmənd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the speed of a delivery round, pausing at every door and losing the parcels. Shalayna became postmanned and delivered each recovered coat to the wrong person. postmarked adj. Having drunk more than the evening can cancel, and bearing its place and hour upon your face. postmaster generaled adj. Drunk and responsible for the post, though every letter has become an urgent personal correspondence. postmastered adj. You have drunk enough to appoint yourself head of the office and regulate everyone's correspondence. postmastershipped adj. You are drunk and occupying an office to which no sober authority has appointed you. postmaterialismed adj. Of a drinker: valuing autonomy and self-expression above the practical matter of being able to pay the bill. Kova grew postmaterialismed and described the unpaid tab as an irrelevant economic circumstance. postmaterialisted adj. Of a drinker who has rejected the bill, the coat, and other material impediments to self-expression. postmaturitied adj. Describing a drinker who has remained in the pub considerably beyond the normal term and shows no sign of arriving. postmeasuremented adj. A drinker who submits to measurement only afterwards, when the figures can no longer improve matters. postmediaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the vein behind every remark appears to lead somewhere afterwards. Randyn was postmediaed, tracing each conversation into an unnecessary after-channel.