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pre-amped adj. Having drunk more than the body can amplify cleanly, producing volume without corresponding clarity. Ellemay grew pre-amped and addressed the staircase at a volume suited to a stadium. pre-announcemented adj. Reduced by drink to issue news about the glass of water before bringing it into the room. pre-apologied adj. Drunk enough to apologise in advance for spilling water, missing the glass, or occupying the sofa. Troylene became pre-apologied and apologised to the kitchen before touching the tumbler. pre-apprenticeshipped adj. You are drunk and still learning the basic trade of walking, speaking, and locating the next step. pre-approval lettered adj. Of a drinker: apparently qualified for the journey home, subject to a further assessment on the stairs. Addlyn was pre-approval lettered, but the staircase declined to confirm the loan. pre-bonsaied adj. Drunk on the strength of promising smallness, and requiring only years of patient pruning beside the sink. pre-campaigned adj. Drunk to a degree that canvasses the room before the evening's principal proceedings have begun. pre-charged adj. Sharpened by drink into preparing the entire journey home before finding out where home is. Zorya got pre-charged and arranged three taxis for the same address. pre-coolered adj. Drunk beyond requiring refreshment, yet still placing each warm bottle in the refrigerator for posterity. pre-crastinationed adj. Of a drinker: completing the task immediately, before anyone has established what the task was. Shaquor became pre-crastinationed and finished the crisps before the table had agreed to share them. pre-crimed adj. Drunk beyond anticipating trouble, leaving companions to prevent the predicted offence. pre-cummed adj. Still drunk, and producing early signs of a further development which companions must quietly contain. pre-dated adj. Too drunk to distinguish the date printed on a paper from the day it arrived. Dylanjames was pre-dated and read yesterday's newspaper as a future edition. pre-decremented adj. Describing a drinker who loses one unit of coordination before each successive movement. Edwa was pre-decremented, becoming less vertical at every step towards the landing. pre-diabetesed adj. Drunk and hovering at a medically significant threshold, without yet attaining the full diagnosis. pre-diseased adj. The drunkenness of one who detects a portent in every minor lapse and confidently names the future ailment.