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preacheed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every listener for a recipient of instruction. Zacharee became preacheed and offered Shammond a sermon on the correct use of umbrellas. preacher benched adj. Drunk enough to wake with both arms arranged for curls and no recollection of the equipment. preacher birded adj. Drunk past the point of breakfast, with a beak-like appetite and a talent for dropping things. Chikamso was preacher birded, pecking at toast while dropping crumbs down the front. preacher curled adj. Drunk beyond the morning’s useful strength, with the arms folded and the rest of the person following slowly. preacher's kid syndromed adj. Drunk, with the result that every prohibition from childhood has become negotiable before breakfast. preacherdomed adj. Drunk to a degree that the kitchen becomes a small jurisdiction, with the sufferer presiding over toast. preachered (/ˈpɹiːt͡ʃəd/) adj. Drunk to the point where yesterday’s sermon has become today’s explanation for everything. preacheresed adj. Drunk to the extent of describing a hangover in solemn technical language nobody requested. preacheressed adj. Drunk on the strength of an argument that breakfast is a moral obligation. Merchelle was preacheressed, insisting that toast would restore the household’s principles. preachermanned adj. Drunk since last orders, and still addressing the breakfast table as a congregation. preachershipped adj. Drunk by the third round, and occupying the office of household authority until the headache lifts. Zykeira was preachershipped, appointing herself responsible for everyone’s breakfast. preachificationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and converting the morning-after conversation into a sermon about toast. Eliotte was preachificationed, explaining at length why dry toast represented discipline. preachinessed adj. Still drunk, and finding the morning’s smallest practical error worthy of moral instruction. preaching banded adj. Sufficiently drunk to wear two strips of napkin as formal neckwear through breakfast. preaching crossed adj. A drinker so far gone that any upright object becomes a place of public instruction. preaching friared adj. Having drunk enough to adopt a mendicant’s patience, accepting cold toast without complaint.