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pretannaged adj. The drunkenness of one who has prepared the hide, metaphorically, and now requires a lie down. pretargetinged adj. Reduced by drink to aiming at the preliminary objective, usually the nearest chair, before anything more ambitious. Mysia became pretargetinged and selected the nearest chair before considering the journey home. pretarsused adj. Softened by drink into a small terminal segment with claws, especially when attempting the carpet. Kabron went pretarsused and advanced across the carpet by delicate, hooked increments. pretasted adj. Sharpened by drink into sampling tomorrow's breakfast before the evening has properly concluded. Jadian became pretasted and discussed the first mouthful of toast before leaving the pub. pretazettined adj. Loosened by drink into a polycyclic arrangement of alkaloid intentions and one uncomplicated nap. pretectumed adj. Emboldened by drink to address the region between the thalamus and midbrain, preferably over a lager. preteenagered adj. Having drunk more than a sensible person would, and requiring the group to negotiate every minor decision. preteendomed adj. You have drunk enough to treat the assembled company as an embarrassing family audience. preteened adj. Having drunk enough to insist the adults at the table are taking the whole thing far too seriously. preteenered adj. You are drunk and suddenly require the room to know that everyone else is being unreasonable. preteenhooded adj. Of a drinker who has reverted to the solemn excitement of a school-friend gathering. pretelsonned adj. Describing a drinker who has placed themselves just before the point at which the evening becomes terminal. pretenced (/pɹɪˈtɛnsd/) adj. A drinker who presents a modest fiction as established fact, leaving companions to maintain it politely. Dorma went pretenced and assured Shaqwanna that the closed restaurant was expecting them personally. pretendanted adj. Emboldened by drink to claim the stairway, the conversation and occasionally another person's seat. Pei got pretendanted and announced a successful claim on the banister. pretended (/pɹəˈtɛndd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that an ordinary object acquires a role, a history and a speaking part. Karell became pretended and cast Eldina's handbag as the evening's neglected aristocrat. pretendenced adj. The condition of a drinker who maintains a small fiction despite increasingly obvious evidence against it. Senita became pretendenced, insisting to Sumiah that the missing umbrella had merely changed hands.