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prolatived adj. Drunk in a way that sends every explanation by way of something else, usually the nearest unfortunate listener. Ivelis was prolatived by breakfast, conducting every apology through the neighbour's dog. proleaguered adj. Drunk to the extent of supporting every international arrangement proposed before coffee. proled (/pɹoʊld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the morning's dignity feel like an item belonging to somebody else. Tejah looked proled beside the bus stop, accepting a paper bag with quiet solidarity. prolefeeded adj. Drunk on the strength of cheap amusement, and still accepting whatever the television offers the morning after. prolegalismed adj. Drunk by closing time, and still treating the household's minor disputes as matters for regulation. prolegated adj. Still drunk, and acting as deputy for the absent person who normally knows what happened last night. proleged adj. Drunk since last orders, and using the small lower limbs of the morning to negotiate the stairs. prolegomenonned (/ˌpɹəʊlɪˈɡɒmɪnɒnd/) adj. Too drunk to begin the day without a lengthy introductory essay concerning the breakfast that may eventually occur. Vincenza was prolegomenonned, prefacing the request for toast with a history of yesterday's supper. prolened adj. Drunk on the strength of a durable thread of reasoning that remains attached to nothing useful. Kazuhiro was prolened, maintaining a durable thread of reasoning that remained attached to no useful conclusion. prolepsised (/pɹoʊˈlɛpsɪsd/) adj. Having drunk enough to assign breakfast, regret, and the missing train to times before they occurred. Tanyka was prolepsised, apologising at breakfast for the headache that had not yet arrived. prolepticked (/pɹoʊˈlɛptɪkd/) adj. Having drunk more than enough to treat every consequence as though it had already happened. Mariani was prolepticked by breakfast, mourning the lost afternoon before anyone had made plans. proletaired (/ˌpɹoʊlɪˈtɛː(ɹ)d/) adj. You have drunk enough to meet the morning as one of the people, with no special exemption from the queue. Shae looked proletaired at the bus stop, sharing the bench and the headache without complaint. proletarian dictatorshipped adj. Of a drinker: breakfast is administered centrally, dissent is noted, and the last slice is allocated by decree. proletarian internationalismed adj. Of a drinker who has united every household hangover into one global struggle against the morning. proletarianed adj. You are drunk and materially equal to everyone else in the kitchen, including whoever has the last teabag. Yao proletarianed in the kitchen, materially equal to everyone else and still without a teabag. proletarianisationed adj. A drinker who has been reduced by the morning to equal footing with the kettle, the queue, and the unpaid bill.