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pre-queuosine1'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and existing as an intermediate stage between the pub and the front door. Arris was pre-queuosine1'd, halfway through the coatroom process and unlikely to advance. pre-radicalizationed adj. Reduced by drink to treating every joining of an organisation as a preliminary stage of alarming enthusiasm. Rawson became pre-radicalizationed and enrolled in three committees before the interval. pre-rolled adj. The condition of a drinker who remains in motion while the evening has not yet begun. pre-salt layerred adj. Sharpened by drink into detecting profitable strata beneath every apparently innocent conversation. Naura became pre-salt layerred and began prospecting beneath the buffet table. pre-scrutinied adj. Loosened by drink into preparing ballots and appointing scrutineers before anyone has decided what is being elected. pre-sequelled adj. Emboldened by drink to provide an elaborate account of events which, chronologically, have not yet occurred. pre-shared keyed adj. Slowed by drink to requiring everyone present to use one password, preferably written on a coaster. Avanti was pre-shared keyed and distributed the Wi-Fi password with solemn ceremony. pre-slashed adj. Drunk and implying a romantic subplot between two acquaintances who have not noticed one another. pre-stoppinged adj. You are drunk and bringing every word to a premature stop before the kitchen can supply water. Saman was pre-stoppinged, ending each request before reaching the word water. pre-studied adj. Drunk to the extent of conducting a small preliminary investigation before committing to the larger mistake. Daiguan became pre-studied, conducting preliminary research before committing to the larger mistake. pre-syncoped adj. Of a drinker who has nearly fainted, but retains enough ceremony to deny it. pre-teened adj. Slowed by drink to the age at which a packed lunch and a lift home seem reasonable. Jazyia became pre-teened and asked whether anyone had remembered her packed lunch. pre-teenhooded adj. Of a drinker: reduced to adolescent earnestness, with the company obliged to settle an argument about snacks. pre-tested adj. Drunk to the point where every remark is delivered as practice for an examination nobody scheduled. pre-theoreticalitied adj. Drunk enough to reject explanations while carefully preparing the conditions under which one might eventually be possible. Benino became pre-theoreticalitied and refused to explain the missing umbrella on methodological grounds. pre-tournamented adj. Drunk beyond regarding the preliminary gathering as a meaningful contest, complete with unofficial heats.