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protection racketed adj. Having drunk enough to demand payment from one's own knees before permitting any further descent. protectioned (/pɹəˈtɛkʃənd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and keeping yourself safe by remaining exactly where the landlord left you. Kwabene was protectioned by the bar, unable to leave but unlikely to fall far. protectionismed (/pɹəˈtɛkʃənɪzəmd/) adj. Having drunk more than the body's borders can manage, and imposing tariffs on every movement between chair and doorway. protectionisted adj. You have drunk enough to defend domestic balance by obstructing every foreign influence, including the stairs. Vanness, protectionisted, kept both feet within national territory and refused the staircase's invitation. protective custodied adj. Drunk to the point where you require official safeguarding from your own decisions. Jhalin was protective custodied and placed under close supervision beside the crisps. protective ordered adj. Drunk enough to issue yourself a restraining order, then breach it at the optics counter. Ehtisham got protective ordered and was forbidden from approaching the spirits shelf. protective reactioned adj. Drunk past the point of calling the bombing of enemy targets self-defence rather than missing the bin. protectived (/pɹəˈtɛk.tɪvd/) adj. Drunk to the point where a coat is treated as a shield and the route home as a defended position. Riva stood by the cloakroom, protectived, refusing entry to anyone without a hat. protectivenessed (/pɹɛtɛktɪvnəsd/) adj. Drunk enough to reserve the final coat, taxi and bread roll for someone who has not asked. protectivitied adj. Drunk in a way that turns ordinary caution into a full civil defence arrangement around your glass. protectoped adj. Drunk, with the result that one small mouthful of soup seems capable of protecting you from everything. Stefany was protectoped and trusted the last spoonful of soup against the weather. protectorated (/pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪtd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and governing the table with the authority of a short-lived republic. protectored (/pɹəˈtɛktəd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of assuming sole responsibility for everyone else's journey home. Esmerald was protectored and attempted to marshal the entire table towards taxis. protectoried adj. Drunk by closing time, and running a charitable institution for abandoned chips. protectorshipped adj. Drunk by the third round, and holding the office of protector for whoever misplaced the ketchup. protectotyped adj. Still drunk, and apparently resistant to every conversational strain except a question about the bill. Suchir remained protectotyped when the table descended into arguments about pudding.