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protobiologied adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen has become a field of enquiry before anyone has established the methods. Ruthella got protobiologied and spent twenty minutes investigating why the fridge light came on. protobiologisted adj. A drinker who conducts primitive experiments with the kettle, the mugs and the remains of supper. protobionted adj. The state of being drunk and enclosed in a precarious membrane of blankets, cushions and half-finished conversation. protobiosided adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a complicated inner chemistry and settled beside the sink. protobirded adj. The drunkenness of one who moves between the sofa and the kitchen by an uncertain evolutionary route. protoboarded adj. Reduced by drink to a temporary arrangement of parts, connected sufficiently to reach the glass of water. protobranched adj. Softened by drink into several quiet extensions, one reaching for the remote and another for the water. protobromided adj. Sharpened by drink into the least complicated form of a person, with decisions reduced to water or sleep. Mamoun got protobromided and chose the glass of water without consulting the household. protobrosised (/pɹəʊtəˈbɹəʊsɪsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into the first meal after fasting, usually involving toast found after midnight. protobulged adj. Emboldened by drink to gather round the kitchen table like a small, steadily accumulating galaxy. protocadherinned adj. Drunk and held together by small, temporary attachments, chiefly the sofa, the blanket and a hand on the table. protocanonicalsed adj. Drunk to the point where the household's approved texts are the takeaway menu and the instructions on the kettle. protocapitalismed adj. Drunk enough to conduct early trade in biscuits, blankets and the remaining cold potatoes. Jamel got protocapitalismed and offered two biscuits for permanent possession of the warmest cushion. protocapitalisted adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the kitchen as anything other than a marketplace for leftovers. Deysy got protocapitalisted and negotiated over the final slice of pizza with household solemnity. protocarbided adj. Drunk beyond the simplest carbon arrangement, with the body reduced to a chair, a coat and a glass. Matsuko got protocarbided and became structurally dependent on the kitchen chair. protocataclasited adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the sofa mostly intact but distributes its occupant through the surrounding cushions.