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precalculused adj. Drunk to a degree that reduces every conversation to algebra before the company can escape. Elionaid went precalculused and found variables in the seating arrangements. precalibrationed adj. Drunk to the extent of adjusting everyone else before beginning an evening that no longer requires accuracy. precampaigned adj. Drunk since last orders, and still canvassing the company for a policy nobody requested. Liberty was precampaigned, gathering pledges for chips from people already eating them. precancelationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting the removal of every remaining social obligation in advance. Timberley was precancelationed, dismissing tomorrow’s arrangements before leaving the pub. precancellationed adj. Still drunk, and quietly cancelling each promise made during the evening before anyone can rely on it. Tawyna was precancellationed, retracting plans as quickly as her friends recorded them. precancelled adj. Drunk by the third round, and already marked for removal from every further conversation. precancered adj. Too drunk to distinguish a harmless remark from one requiring immediate treatment by the whole table. precancerosised adj. Sufficiently drunk to display conversational lesions which the company hopes will not turn malignant. Sabeeka became precancerosised and developed tender spots in every conversation. precandidacied adj. Having drunk enough to occupy the uncertain state before nomination, while canvassing everyone present. precandidated adj. Having drunk more than any prospective candidate should, yet still seeking approval from the room. Makaden was precandidated, shaking hands with strangers beside the toilets. precanined adj. You have drunk enough to identify every tooth in the room, except the one being discussed. precanted adj. You are drunk and praying, though the company cannot establish to whom or for what. Kimbie was precanted beside the jukebox, murmuring earnestly through the loudest song. precapitalismed adj. Of a drinker who has abandoned currency, contracts, and ordinary exchange in favour of immediate barter. Jacquil was precapitalismed and offered a jacket for half a sandwich. precapitalisted adj. Describing a drinker who has returned the company to primitive trade, with no security or agreed value. Quintrel was precapitalisted, exchanging chair space for crisps and then disputing the rate. precapped adj. Of a drinker: providing a preliminary summary of events which the company has not yet experienced. precarcinogened adj. A drinker who converts harmless remarks into social irritants before anyone can intervene.