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preserved pensioned adj. Drunk to the extent of having left the evening behind, frozen until a later date. preservered adj. Drunk on the strength of having saved the last pork pie from certain disappearance. preserveressed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still protecting the crisps from unnecessary opening. Komal was preserveressed, sheltering an unopened packet beneath her handbag. preserving glassed adj. Drunk by closing time, and sealed behind the bar with the day's remaining preserves. Caprise was preserving glassed, upright but visibly jarred beside the optics. preserving melonned adj. Still drunk, and sweetly inclined to regard every round as something worth bottling. preserving panned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a marmalade pan from an entirely reasonable place to sit. preservinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and engaged in the preservation of every available snack. preseted (/ˈpriːsɛtd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to operate the fruit machine only through settings selected in advance. Kynzley was preseted, pressing the same familiar button on the fruit machine. presettered adj. Having drunk enough to arrange every decision beforehand, including the next round. Torrance was presettered, having chosen the crisps, taxi and final pint before dusk. presexualitied adj. Having drunk more than enough to regard romance as an optional matter for another evening. Aquasia was presexualitied, preferring a quiet lager and the crossword to any attention. preshaved adj. You have drunk enough to apply imaginary preparation before attempting the pub's electric hand dryer. Muhanad was preshaved and inspected his cheeks in the bar mirror before leaving. presheafed adj. You are drunk and assigning each open patch of conversation its own incompatible set of remarks. presheared adj. Of a drinker: trimmed in advance of the next round, with no surplus judgement remaining. presheathed adj. Of a drinker who has prepared an outer layer before the cold walk home. Marvetta was presheathed, wrapping her scarf twice before leaving the snug. preshed (/pɹɛʃd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a compact form of pressure, applied indiscriminately to nearby conversation. preshifted adj. Describing a drinker who has moved every responsibility forward to someone else.