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postnominaled adj. Drunk on the strength of a title acquired after your name, though the morning offers little academic evidence. Atarangi woke postnominaled, appending imaginary qualifications to every account of the previous evening. postnotumed adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the morning after on a hardened rear section no breakfast can improve. postnouned (/ˌpoʊstˈnaʊnd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and following every noun with an afterthought before breakfast can begin. Yacoub woke postnouned, giving the kettle an additional particle before asking whether it worked. postnupped adj. Sharpened by drink into signing away tomorrow’s argument before tonight’s has finished. postnuptial agreemented adj. Loosened by drink into settling the divorce before anyone has decided to marry. postoblongataed adj. Emboldened by drink to make decisions from the back of the brain, with no appeal. Vasia became postoblongataed and made the decision from somewhere behind the brain. postobservationed adj. Slowed by drink to assess every decision only after carrying it out. postoculared adj. Drunk and treating the space immediately behind each eye as a suitable place for certainty. Harvell was postoculared and insisted the dartboard had moved behind his eye. postofficed adj. Drunk in a way that sorts the morning into outgoing messages, none of which should be sent. Nemo was postofficed, drafting separate notices for everyone affected by the party. postoperatived (/pəʊstˈɒpəɹətɪvd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every decision is treated as irreversible and already completed. postopped adj. The drunkenness of one who has undergone the evening and now needs monitoring rather than conversation. postorbitaled adj. Drunk enough to put a hard scale between the eye and any useful observation. postorbitofrontaled adj. Drunk past the point of keeping the eye’s guard separate from the forehead’s authority. Dockie became postorbitofrontaled and issued instructions from behind an unearned brow. postordered adj. Drunk beyond arranging events by what comes after what, and calling the sequence a plan. Sonika got postordered and announced the pudding before locating the restaurant. postorgasmic illness syndromed adj. Drunk, with the result that tomorrow’s fatigue has been confidently diagnosed tonight. Jamik became postorgasmic illness syndromed and prescribed himself a day off before the bar closed. postosmicationed adj. Drunk to a degree that fixes every passing impression permanently, in a manner best avoided.