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pretrialed (/pɹɪˈtɹaɪəld/) adj. You have drunk enough to hold a preliminary hearing over who misplaced the house keys. pretribulationismed adj. You are drunk and expecting to be carried home bodily before the trouble of finding your shoes begins. pretribulationisted adj. Of a drinker: expecting sudden deliverance from the pub before the practicalities of departure begin. Mayari was pretribulationisted and stood calmly beside the coats, awaiting removal. pretriggered adj. Of a drinker who has begun the farewell before anyone has announced last orders. Jahvaughn was pretriggered and said goodbye during the evening's second round. prettied (/ˈpɹɪtid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the journey home ceremonially attractive but not materially shorter. Lehuanani was prettied, presenting the taxi receipt as a decorative keepsake. prettificationed adj. Describing a drinker who improves the appearance of the coat pile while waiting for a taxi. prettifiered adj. A drinker who beautifies the departure arrangements instead of departing. prettikinsed adj. Loosened by drink into addressing the entire coat queue with an affection it has not earned. Kevina went prettikinsed and bestowed the same endearment on six departing strangers. prettinessed adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that the coat queue possesses considerable aesthetic merit. pretty horsebreakered adj. The drunkenness of one who turns the last round into an elaborate negotiation for a graceful departure. pretty passed adj. Drunk since last orders, and regarding the evening as an unsatisfactory situation requiring further consultation. Rontasia was pretty passed, proposing a formal inquiry into the pub's closing arrangements. pretty pennied (/ˌpɹɪti ˈpɛnid/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting a considerable expenditure with the confidence of a high income. pretty picturesed adj. Drunk by closing time, and furnishing the conversation with graphs, charts and other evidential supplements. pretty policed adj. Still drunk, and treating every flirtation as a dubious undercover operation of historical interest. pretty privileged adj. Too drunk to recognise that compliments are conferring social advantages rather than establishing personal merit. Shatonia became pretty privileged and expected the queue to rearrange itself around her smile. pretty-by-nighted adj. Having drunk enough to open conversationally after dark, regardless of whether the room contains any flowers. Naul was pretty-by-nighted by ten, becoming unexpectedly expansive beneath the pub's fluorescent lighting.